Malilenas

by Garrett Kalleberg

Poetry. "Numbers slide promiscuously around in these poems, emboldening the fundamental ways in which we have relations with counting (accounting for): bodies, monies, words, selves. Kalleberg's work embodies a science of many, and the indivisible hangs out in it, too, as fabulous, energetic, funny and full of pathos as Cesar Vallejo, hitting us in our pecuniary pocket, if the wallet were a thing we wore on our hearts"--Eleni Sikelianos.

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2009

Reviews

[Donald Armfield · Rating 3 out of 5]

Garrett tosses words at numbers and numbers into ramblings, that measure his notebook ink, into piles of words meant to mean something other than life when it’s gone.
I really wanted to like this book…

The design, format and textured cover have a collectible appeal, but the overall poets point is way out there for me.

Favorites:
Poems 1-3
Poem 14
Poem 18
Poem 27
Poem 32 *Best* —Imaginary Friend
Poem 47

[Devin · Rating 1 out of 5]

A 66-page rambling of a whole lot of nothing.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than I was expecting.