Ennui Prophet

by Christopher Kennedy

"Singular and deeply pleasurable. Christopher Kennedy's prosetry is a lonely anarchic nation-state unto itself, half vacation funspot, half eerie purgatorial layover."—Dave Eggers The poems in Ennui Prophet , Christopher Kennedy's fourth collection, range from deeply personal explorations of relationships with family and friends, to examinations of the political climate in the first decade of the millennium. Whether personal or public, Kennedy gazes through a slightly distorted lens to better see the world around us. Christopher Kennedy 's previous book, Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death (BOA Editions Ltd., 2007) received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award. He directs Syracuse University's MFA program in creative writing.

Genres: Poetry

92 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011

About the author

Christopher Kennedy is the author of Ennui Prophet, Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death, Trouble with the Machine , and Nietzsche's Horse. He is an associate professor of English at Syracuse University where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing.

Reviews

[Aaron Burch · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I'm not what you think when you think you're thinking about love."

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Top notch work.

[Randy Cauthen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Standard-gauge dark surrealism. Some of it's a little more open: "For My Students," for example. Some of it's fairly funny.