Actual Air by David Berman Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Actual Air
Book Review: Outstanding!
Summary: 5 Stars
This collection of poetry by David Berman is amazing! With a similar attitude seen in the characters of J.D. Salinger, Berman proves his versatility with Actual Air. Great read. Needs to be read and digested multiple times.Book Review: Pop poetry - not that there's anything wrong with that.
Summary: 2 Stars
I guess that I am underwhelmed. This is fun, light-hearted stuff. But the accolades that it is given here make no sense to me. It is almost as if slackers have decided that "real poetry" is no longer good poetry because it was already there, and this new, laid-back style of poetry fits their "new generation and we are better than the old generation" attitude.
If you worship Maxx Barry and Chris Moore (and I LIKE their stuff, I just don't think it is the best stuff ever written) then this poetry is probably your stuff.
I think it belongs "on the back of the terlet" for light reading when you are
taking
a squat.
Look, I'm a poet too! I was able to put the words in a sentence on different lines and make it look pretentious!
Book Review: Stay Away
Summary: 1 Stars
Just downright awful. Amateurish, platitudinous, narcissistic blather. Just what Poetry Does NOT NEED! My advice is for Mr. Berman to study Whitman, Cesaire, Artaud, Vallejo,& Hart Crane (to name just a few) to gain some sense about the art's authenticity. Or, stick to strumming.
It's clear he has a strong fan club, albeit, one that is very naive (to be kind) regarding the poetic arts.
Book Review: Suburban Kids With Biblical Names
Summary: 5 Stars
When I was a kid, my mom used to always say that she'd be home from work in time to take me to soccer practice. But she rarely was. Luckily, I lived across the street from the soccer field and I was seldom late. However, I lived in a little apartment with my mom and sister and kids sometimes commented about it. "At least I don't live in some crummy apartment" they'd say. Something else happened in soccer that was bad. We were supposed to bring orange (pronounced ar-inge on the East Coast) slices or pop (again, sodas on the East Coast) to a designated game. When it was my turn to bring orange slices, my mom was late. All of the kids were complaining that they wouldn't have these citrus delights to suck on durning half-time. The coach felt bad for me and wouldn't tell the other kids who was supposed to have brought the orange slices. But my mom showed up halfway through the game with the orange slices and all the kids looked at me said "Oh, so it was you that was supposed to bring them." I just feel sorry for the kid who brought grapefruit juice instead of pop.Book Review: The title of my review is: This book is good
Summary: 5 Stars
My review is that this is a good book. David Berman writes well and he seems really intelligent and insightful. I plan to re-read this book soon. David Berman is also a good singer and musician. Have you heard his band, "The Silver Jews"? I think that they are a great band.In conclusion, speaking of stars, and borrowing from the Silver Jews: "The stars don't don't shine upon us. We're in the way of their light".
Thanks for reading my review.