Night Out
Poems About Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and Bars
Kurt Brown and Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Introduction by Gerald Stern
A splendid and generous collection of poems about hotels, motels,
restaurants, and bars by an array of America's best poets, including
Marvin Bell, Ray Carver, James Dickey, Stephen Dobyns, Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, Jorie Graham, Thom Gunn, Joy Harjo, Edward Hirsch,
Richard Hugo, Galway Kinnell, Ted Kooser, Maxine Kumin, Stanley Kunitz,
Tom Lux, Heather McHugh, Susan Mitchell, W.S. Merwin, Molly Peacock,
Michael Pettit, Charles Simic, David St. John, Gerald Stern, James
Tate, Derek Walcott, C.K. Williams. Preface by Gerald Stern.
Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Kurt Brown
Author's Bio:Kurt Brown is the founder of the Aspen Writer’s Conference and
Writers’ Conferences and Festivals (a national association of
directors), past editor of Aspen Anthology, and past president
of the Aspen Literary Foundation. His poems have appeared in many
periodicals, he is the editor of three annuals, which gather
outstanding lectures from writers’ conferences and festivals as part of
the Writers on Life and Craft series. Author photo by Laure-Anne
Bosselaar
Laure-Anne Bosselaar grew up in Belgium where she
published a collection of French poems, Art’8emis (1982). She holds an
MFA from the Warren Wilson College Program for Writers. Among other
publications, her poems have appeared in the Massachusetts Review, the Denver Quarterly, and the International Quarterly. The editors are married and live in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Author photo by Mathieu Ducaroy
Quotes:"Here’s to all the sleepless souls in Night Out. It is
comforting to know there are others out there staring at the spackling
on the ceilings who see more than a place where the paint doesn’t
match.” —Tom Bodett
"Is there margarine in heaven? The empty restaurant is too public. Sweet dreams never are. Night Out comes at us in flashes —souls revealed in hotel lobbies and all-night diners. Scoop it up, and taste it at will.” —Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of The Splendid Table, Public Radio International
"Wow!. . . These are accessible narrative poems containing miniature
stories. . . anyone who has ever spent any time perched on a stool or
in front of a Formica counter will find something entertaining." —The Bay Guardian lit.
"A delightful overviews of some of our best writers and best poems. . . . There’s much to admire in Night Out, about the places we go to experience the sensual.” —Riverfront Times, St. Louis
"I nod to the realization that so many contemporary American poems
locate their sources in these public venues wherein we purchase
temporary shelter, food, and drink. . . . This anthology touches on
realities of the ways we connect, with and among strangers.” —Small Press Magazine |
Price:
$ 14.95
Binding: Paper
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Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 1997
Size: 6 x 9
Genre: Poetry Anthology
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9781571314055
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