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    The Book For My Brother
    The Book For My Brother
    The Book For My Brother
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    The Book For My Brother

    By Tomaz Salamun

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    This collection of poems from Tomaž Šalamun is exuberant, ambitious, and full of surprises. Here the devil is encountered and understood-

    I see the devil's head, people, I see his whole body . . .
    he longs for innocence, as we do.
    Here the poet juggles many tones, languages, and countries. Desire is evoked as both frustrating and exhilarating-
    I'm watered by longing, knocking my
    head into the wall, on the ground, or I burn, burn,
    folded up on the couch.
    And memory comes back to remind us of the laws and experiences of childhood-
    Once again you are let loose in the sea
    only after five o'clock in the afternoon to take
    a dose of sunlight like the ticking of the clock.

    At once daring and clear-voiced, The Book for My Brother is an extraordinary achievement.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 23, 2014
    ISBN9780544356986
    The Book For My Brother
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    Tomaz Salamun

    Tomaž Šalamun was born in 1941 in Zagreb. He has published over thirty books of poetry and frequently teaches at American universities, including Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Texas.

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      Tomaz Salamum's poetry seems to show up just about everywhere in the poetry journal world. So I thought it was about time to read one of his books. On my second, closer reading. I enjoy the odd leaps, the quirky juxtaposition of surreal and real. All the while, I mostly haven't a clue what he's on about.

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