Step Below: Selected Poems 2000-2015

by William Allegrezza

Step Below: Selected Poems 2000-2015 contains a selection of poetry chosen by the poet. To give the reader a sense of the poet’s development, the book is arranged in chronological order. It contains work from his major books and several texts that have now gone out of publication. In it, we can see a sample of Allegrezza’s formal poetic innovations and can hear the pervasive lyric undertone of his work.

William Allegrezza is the author of many books of poetry, including Port Light (2014), Densities. Apparitions. (2011), and Fragile Replacements (2007). He has edited several books, such as La Alteración del Silencio: Poesía Norteamericana Reciente (Co-ed. Galo Ghigliotto, 2010) and The Salt Companion to Charles Bernstein (2012); in addition, he has curated a reading series, edited presses, and edited journals. He currently teaches at Indiana University Northwest.

188 pages, Paperback

Published February 25, 2016

About the author

William Allegrezza edits the press Moria Books, Moss Trill, and teaches at Indiana University Northwest. He has published many poetry books, poetry reviews, articles, translations, short stories, and poems. He founded and curated series A, a reading series in Chicago, from 2006-2010. More information about him can be found at https://www.allegrezza.info.

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[Carrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have said that to live we must
be ravenous with doing, not be stuck
with eyes licked on the burn