Certain Slants

by Charles Alexander

Poetry. Charles Alexander in his new collection of poetry, CERTAIN SLANTS, "...gives us certain slants, various slants, oblique angles into this world, poems written with considerable grace, integrity, and a tentativeness that becomes an ethical gold standard..."--Hank Lazer. "In this oblique exploration of natural history, Charles Alexander brings us the world as an intimate game, a peaking throug hwater. He manages to make autobiography universal and the great outdoors deeply private, and all through his love of language..."--Cole Swensen.

Genres: Poetry

153 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Rodney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Among the pleasures of Certain Slants is Alexander's aliveness to the burps and tics of everyday language. By abbreviating, scrambling, and slyly punning on commonplace saws and phrases, his poems turn the mind's usual habit of fast-forwarding for "meaning" to a real-time encounter with words as sound.