The Hellbox

by Greg Delanty

Greg Delanty grew up in a family of printers, and as a youth he worked in the composing room. A hellbox is the bin into which printers chucked broken or worn type, and the conceit that unites this collection is the technology, lore, and tradition of hot-metal printing. Here, the language of
printing--literal and symbolic--inspires a series of moving and powerful poems.
Delanty writes with an impetuous daring that combines controlled rhetoric with a vernacular tang, especially in the long title-poem, which describes his immigration to the United States and his attempt to deal with feelings of uprootedness in "the continuous sci-fi movie of our century."

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published November 12, 1998

Reviews

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome. Delanty's writing is excellent. And what I (probably selfishly) like even more is that I understand with what he is saying. He is speaking my thoughts.