POPULAR CULTURE

by Albert Goldbarth

Book by GOLDBARTH, ALBERT

Genres: Poetry

95 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1989

About the author

Albert Goldbarth is an American poet born January 31, 1948 in Chicago. He is known for his prolific production, his gregarious tone, his eclectic interests and his distinctive 'talky' style. He has been a Guggenheim fellow and won the National Book Critics Circle award in 1991 and 2001, the only poet to receive the honor two times. He also won the Mark Twain Award for Humorous Poetry, awarded by the Poetry Foundation, in 2008.

Goldbarth received his BA from the University of Illinois in 1969 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1971. He is currently distinguished professor of Humanities at Wichita State University, and he teaches in the Low-Residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Converse College.

Reviews

[Richard · Rating 2 out of 5]

I feel bad giving this only two stars, since the good poems in here are rather awesome, but in terms of Goldbarth, I found these poems a little too circuitous and indulgent and not of the kind of direct language that can make you whimper. "Pop. Cult. Crash Course" has some awesome stuff, but others here seem to ramble to loosely.