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Overtakelessness
Two of America’s most important contemporary poets come together in this book-length interview between Peter Gizzi and Keith Waldrop. Gizzi questions his long-time mentor and friend, who responds with rollicking anecdotes, spontaneous literary criticism, and rich memories, all punctuated with Waldrop’s warm humor and sharp insights. The result is an uncommon and unforgettable view of contemporary American literature.
120 pages, Paperback
Published April 11, 2017
About the author
Peter Gizzi
55 books55 followersEducated at New York University, Brown University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo, poet Peter Gizzi is the author of several collections of poetry, including Threshold Songs (2011), The Outernationale (2007), and Artificial Heart (1998).
Gizzi uses both narrative and lyrical gestures to engage and question distance and light in his search for the unmapped. Reflecting on the question of whether his work is narrative or lyric, Gizzi stated in an interview with Poetry Daily, “I think I am a narrative poet—I’m just narrating my bewilderment as a citizen.”
(Source: Peter Gizzi @ The Poetry Foundation)
Gizzi uses both narrative and lyrical gestures to engage and question distance and light in his search for the unmapped. Reflecting on the question of whether his work is narrative or lyric, Gizzi stated in an interview with Poetry Daily, “I think I am a narrative poet—I’m just narrating my bewilderment as a citizen.”
(Source: Peter Gizzi @ The Poetry Foundation)
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