My Heart is That Eternal Rose Tattoo

by John Yau

In this collection of surreal, dreamlike prose vignettes John Yau takes us on startling journey across wastes of "cities fluttering with lost ghosts" and asks the question "what are you doing now that you're here?"

Genres: Poetry

165 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

John Yau is an American poet and critic who lives in New York City. He received his B.A. from Bard College in 1972 and his M.F.A. from Brooklyn College in 1978. He has published over 50 books of poetry, artists' books, fiction, and art criticism.

Reviews

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read in preparation for an upcoming talk featuring John Yau. The poems are mostly slippery suckers, not quite surreal but certainly as evasive as they are biting.