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The Banjo Clock by Garthe, Karen is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Banjo Clock about?
For Karen Garthe, poetry is a Molotov cocktail. A master of radical invention, Garthe combines brio of conception with linguistic virtuosity, bringing language to new life from the inside at breakneck speed. The Banjo Clock, her second collection, cultivates a luxuriant sensibility even as it interrupts poetic continuity with cuts, ironies, sharp wit, and wild recklessness. In poems that consider poetry itself, Garthe writes about preparing the medium, the ink, "the motion of new utility." She then turns to America's psychic maladies and the need to rehabilitate our democracy, now floundering. Read more... Abstract: In poems that consider poetry itself, the poet writes about preparing the medium, the ink, the motion of new utility. She then turns to America's psychic maladies and the need to rehabilitate our democracy, now floundering in the glare of TV's blue depressive light. Read more...
Who reads The Banjo Clock?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Garthe, Karen
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520951693
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Literary Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3 / 5 (2 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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