Synopses & Reviews
“Pantheism and synesthesia are his visionary rules . . . severe, contagious fun.”—Boston Review
“How much of what we call ‘seeing’ is actually ‘believing?’” Geoffrey Nutter asks in his dazzling second collection. The quiet, daring “water voices” of these poems carry the reader into their serious play, in settings as varied as the Tappan Zee Bridge and the inside of a flower, turning language ‘touchable’ and words into music.
Geoffrey Nutter was born in Sacramento, California. He is the author of A Summer Evening, winner of the 2001 Colorado Prize. His poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry 1997 and The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, daughter, and son.
Synopsis
-Pantheism and synesthesia are his visionary rules . . . severe, contagious fun.---Boston Review
-How much of what we call 'seeing' is actually 'believing?'- Geoffrey Nutter asks in his dazzling second collection. The quiet, daring -water voices- of these poems carry the reader into their serious play, in settings as varied as the Tappan Zee Bridge and the inside of a flower, turning language 'touchable' and words into music.
Geoffrey Nutter was born in Sacramento, California. He is the author of A Summer Evening, winner of the 2001 Colorado Prize. His poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry 1997 and The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, daughter, and son.
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Winner of the 2004 Verse Prize, this second collection confirms Nutter's reputation for strange, beautiful, original work.
Synopsis
Poetry. "Could it be that Wallace Stevens and Gertrude Stein met in Elysium and had a son named Geoffrey Nutter?...The poet's world is his imagination, and his imagination is a world that includes all the places he has been to, as well as those he has never laid eyes on...The best way to proceed with this book is to open to anywhere and begin. I did and I got lost, which is where we have been all along"--John Yau. "I know of no contemporary poet who writes with, and from, a state of such genuine wonder, who so marvels at the word's capacity to grieve, ruminate, extol, and create"--Mark Levine. WATER'S LEAVES and OTHER POEMS is the winner of the 2004 Verse Prize.
About the Author
Geoffrey Nutter was born in Sacramento, California. He is the author of A Summer Evening (Center for Literary Publishing, 2001), winner of the 2001 Colorado Prize. His poems have appeared in Verse, Fence, jubilat, the Best American Poetry 1997 and The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, daughter and son.