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About Charles Simic
See more books from this AuthorSimic is one of Americaâs preeminent poets as well as a major figure on the world literary scene. Born in Belgrade and resident in the U.S. since his teenage years, Simicâs sensibility was shaped by h
Feb 25 2013 | Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...Charles Simic, America’s barnyard insomniac, our modern-day beatnik, the only poet equal parts Robert Frost and Charles Baudelaire, has written some of the strangest, most opalescent poems of the past half-century, many of them collected in his new book, “New and Selected Poems.’’.
Mar 31 2013 | Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...Charles Simic, America’s barnyard insomniac, our modern-day beatnik, the only poet equal parts Robert Frost and Charles Baudelaire, has written some of the strangest, most opalescent poems of the past half-century, many of them collected in his new book, “New and Selected Poems.’’.
Mar 30 2013 | Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...The Croatian edition of his latest book, 1941: The Year that Keeps Returning, won four different prizes as the best publication in Croatia in 2007, and the Krunoslav Sukić Award as the book of the decade in the field of nonviolence, human rights, and civil society.
| Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...Now in PaperbackIn Dime-Store Alchemy, poet Charles Simic reflects on the life and work of Joseph Cornell, the maverick surrealist who is one of America’s great artists.
Sep 20 2011 | Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...Charles Simic is a poet, essayist, and translator.
| Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...Popa’s sequence “The Little Box” (which Simic translated) immediately suggests Cornell, but once we put Cornell and Simic side by side we can see what a fundamentally American character Simic is, with his noirish love of alleys and jazz clubs and cinematically bleak interiors.
Jul 11 2013 | Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...As the poet writes in “Frightening Toys,” “History practicing its scissor-clips/ In the dark,/ So everything comes out in the end/ Missing an arm or leg.” When it comes to poetry, sometimes imperfection is a virtue.
Jun 06 2013 | Read Full Review of New and Selected Poems: 1962-...An aggregated and normalized score based on 27 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes
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