Superfecta

by Clay Matthews

Poetry. SUPERFECTA examines our relation to time and memory with surprising energy and consistent empathy. The tension between systems and chance connect the collections' poems, balanced as they are between the abstractions of symbol and the immediacy of language. For Matthews, there is a thin line dividing the body's physicality and the wonder of the mind, where "The cartography of a rat is the same for all species/ in that it is always a map of the unknown." Matthews writes about our desire to identify mythos in everyday experience, and celebrates when it is discovered amid our anxious and uncertain place in history.

Genres: Poetry

81 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

About the author

Clay Matthews has published poetry in journals such as The American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast, and elsewhere. His most recent book, Shore, was recently released from Cooper Dillon Books. His other books are Superfecta (Ghost Road Press), RUNOFF (BlazeVox), and Pretty, Rooster (Cooper Dillon).

Reviews

[emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

This felt renewing like when I have a particularly good conversation with a close friend. Fluid, expansive, accessible.

[Catherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book. Amazing poems. Amazing poet. Amazing guy!