CRASH DOME

by Alex Phillips

Poetry. Factory Hollow's first full-length book, CRASH DOME is a book-length poem by Alex Phillips. "That from the twenty-six letters of our alphabet this book could be born is a miracle, a heartbreakingly glorious one that demands it be read, and talked about, and marveled over, and, like all true miracles, doesn't give a damn if it isn't"—Mary Ruefle.

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2010

Reviews

[Yaya Gonzalez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Unlike everything I have ever read
It felt like death

[James Grinwis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alex Phillips' first book is basically astounding. He takes many risks in this book length poem. While Ashbery's Flow Chart may come to mind, there is much more of an O'Hara flavor here, and strangely an Elizabethan romantic tinge, along with folks like Joshua Beckman, Thomas Lux, and Diane Wakoski. There is a prolific use of the first person who wends and gambols a very interesting path, and while generally a prolific use of the 'I' sometimes turns me sour, Phillips makes it work in driving and illuminating ways. I tend to fall into the 'reviewer' meld of trying to compare books to other books, but this one is all its own.