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POETRY
104 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Trade Paper
Trade Paper, $20.00 (US $20.00) (CA $27.05)
Publication Date: November 2009
ISBN 9781931824354
Rights: WOR
Roof Books (Nov 2009)
K. Silem Mohammad is the Andy Warhol of contemporary poetry, acutely scraping the bottom of the cultural barrel with such prescience, precision, and sensitivity that we are forced to reevaluate the nature of the language engulfing us. Our first impulse is to flee, to deny its worth, to turn away from it, to write it off as a big joke; but as with Warhol's car crashes or electric chairs, we are equally entranced, entertained, and repulsed: we can’t stop looking. This is important and beautiful work.—Kenneth Goldsmith
K. Silem Mohammad is the author of Deer Head Nation, A Thousand Devils, and Breathalyzer. He edits the poetry magazine Abraham Lincoln (with Anne Boyer) and teaches literature and creative writing at Southern Oregon University.