Telescope: Selected Poems

by Michael Heller

An original selection of work by one of America's greatest living poets.


For more than fifty years, Michael Heller has been building one of the most impressive bodies of work in contemporary American poetry. His poems, shaped by Jewish and Buddhist thought and simultaneously lyrical and philosophical, engage the political and the natural world in an ongoing consideration of the responsibility and imaginative freedom of the poet. Profoundly reflective and deeply sensual, Heller is simply one of the best poets writing today.

This new selection of his work, the first in many years, provides a perfect vantage from which to contemplate his achievement.

Genres: Poetry

304 pages, Paperback

Published October 8, 2019

About the author

Michael Heller has published more than twenty-five volumes of poetry, essays, and memoir. His recent works include the poetry collection This Constellation Is a Name: Collected Poems 1965–2010, Dianoia, and Beckmann Variations and Other Poems, a work in prose and poetry. He is the recipient of numerous prizes, including awards from the Poetry Society of America, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Fund for Poetry. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[David C Ward]

See my forthcoming review in PNReview

[Victor Popa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sometimes, there are some really nice poems. Overall, I think Objectivist poetry is not my cup of tea.