Stars of the Night Commute

by Ana Bozicevic

Poetry. "STARS OF THE NIGHT COMMUTE haunts in three dimensions, knit by a below-words rumble in the sure rhythm of dreams"—Annie Finch. "Bozicevic's poetry has everything—a mastery of language, a distinct and singular voice and a worldview so visionary and all-encompassing, so as to both terrify and astound"—Noelle Kocot. "How does she do it?"—Eileen Myles. "Absolutely anything can happen next but whatever it is, it will be perfect.... She is able to stretch language to its most ineffable and musical limits while maintaining a masterful grasp of the colloquial.... She is able to perceive with the eyes of language—then render with lyrical immediacy—the experience of our collective sleepwalking soul, who may well soon awaken to discover that its terror was not a dream"—Franz Wright.

Genres: Poetry

84 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2009

About the author

Ana Božičević is the author of Joy of Missing Out (Birds, LLC, 2017), the Lambda Award-Winning Rise in the Fall (Birds, LLC, 2013), and Stars of the Night Commute (Tarpaulin Sky Press, 2009).

She is also the translator of It Was Easy to Set the Snow on Fire by Zvonko Karanović (Phoneme Media, 2017), a recipient of the PEN / NYSCA grant.

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Look for my review of this in Verse!

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite poetry books of the year!

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simply read this passage from Bozicevic's book:

"If the sign on the door signals to the passer-by that the store is OPEN, does the other side of the sign tell those inside the store that the world is CLOSED?"

And know that it is well, well worth reading.

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review of Ana Bozicevic's Stars of the Night Commute is up at Jacket. One of the best poetry books of 2009, without a doubt. Check it out!

http://jacketmagazine.com/40/r-bozice...

[Wendy Babiak · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ms. Bozicevic's first full-length collection does not disappoint. The voice one encounters here is engaging: by turns tender, searching, funny, deep. I look forward to reading more from her.

[Stef]

Ana's poetry is magical. Everything she writes inspires me in so many ways, and hearing her read is a joy. I can't wait to get my hands on this book.

[M]

"there's a swan in your breathing."

[Jimmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. It's strange. I liked its novel phrasings, but had a hard time really being absorbed by its world.

[elderfoil...the whatever champion · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm happy to be introduced to Remedios Varo, painter, on the cover of this book.

[Vicky · Rating 4 out of 5]

exciting

commutes

[Benjamin Niespodziany · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading this debut collection, I started talking to myself more. Brightened lines like "leafed through a creased farmer's almanac" and "he still walks the park, in a scarf, / unaware he was made to endure". A personal favorite from this book is the short poem "Sunset Riddle" but all of them royally kicked me in my spinning head.

[Collin · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are a few poems I read a few times over (“Ode to Cotton,” “viii. Document”) but mostly the work is too abstracted for me to latch onto anything as meaningful. The language is often beautiful but I found myself asking “beautiful in service of saying... what?” after almost every poem. It’s like the poetic equivalent of looking at a Mondrian.

[Carrie Naughton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love all her poems.
Dig in.

[Brian Brogan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5