Actual Air
by David Berman
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Author: David BermanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-07
ISBN: 1890447048
Number of pages: 93
Publisher: Grove Press, Open City Books
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Actual Air is wonderful. when i read berman's poem about Asimov, the retired cosmonaut in me surfaced and every "wow" that i ever felt in my heart when i was a kid reading science fiction sort of reactivated at once. the tone of his work - - his poems feel very "virginia": it has a delayed wit, a quietude, and a non-pace that seems to validate the assemblage of words beyond the idea of writing poetry. whatever that means. i find that when i read this book for a while and then pick up something else, my mind attempts to read the new text by performing the same little equations that i'd be performing when reading berman's poetry. i guess that's a testimony to this book's uniqueness and the resonance of berman's logic. i gave it four transparent stars... they seem to be far more rare around here, and therefore probably more valuable. buy this book!
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