Failure : poems

A driven immigrant father, an old poet, Isaac Babel in the author's dreams - [he] gives voice to failures in poems that are direct and wry. He evokes other lives, too - family, beaches, dogs, the pleasures of marriage, New York City in the 1970s, "when nobody got up before noon, wore a suit/or joined anything"--And a mind struggling with revolutions both interior and exterior. 'This book" is a ... new collection from one of America's great poets.-http://www.loc.gov/catdir. A driven immigrant father, an old poet, Isaac Babel in the authors dreamsPhilip Schultz gives voice to failures in poems that are direct and wry. He evokes other lives, toofamily, beaches, dogs, the pleasures of marriage, New York City in the 1970s, "when nobody got up before noon, wore a suit/or joined anything"and a mind struggling with revolutions both interior and exterior. Failure is a superb new collection from one of Americas great poets. One called him a nobody.No, I said, he was a failure.You cant remembera nobodys name, thats whytheyre called nobodies. Failures are unforgettable. from "FAILURE" A new collection of poetry by the National Book Award nominee Like Wings explores the impact of failures in a series of wry, direct poems, as well as such themes as the pleasures of marriage, family, beaches, dogs, New York City in the 1970s, and revolution. A collection of thirty poems by American author Philip Schultz