Doubled Over

by Jordan Stempleman

Poetry collection

Genres: Poetry

85 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2009

About the author

Jordan Stempleman's most recent collections of poetry are Wallop (Magic Helicopter Press, 2015), No, Not Today (Magic Helicopter Press, 2012) and Doubled Over (BlazeVOX, 2009). He co-edits The Continental Review, teaches writing and literature at the Kansas City Art Institute, and curates A Common Sense Reading Series.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

These poems remind me to read as if I were awake ... not to take for granted that one word will naturally turn into the next expected word ... but then ... each word does turn into the next ... surprise ... and a little world lights up in every poem as if each were a novel or a film that will be taken on its own terms or not at all. I'm feeling pretty incoherent here, but I've always liked how J. Stempleman's poems alter my brain ... upending the furniture ... making a fort with the old blankets and chairs of our language ... and asking me in.

[Mike Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

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