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Crossing the Equator: New and Selected Poems 1972-2004
Contributor(s): Christopher, Nicholas (Author)

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 ISBN: 015603140X     ISBN-13: 9780156031400
Publisher: Ecco Press
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Published: April 2007
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Annotation: Since his poetry began appearing in the New Yorker when he was in his early twenties, Nicholas Christopher has been praised as one of America's most important poets by John Ashbery, Charles Simic, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht, among others. Crossing the Equator collects Christopher's best work from the past three decades and includes a section of new poems that are among his finest. Exploring with equal brilliance the labyrinths of history and the human heart, the jagged magic of urban life and the illuminations of travel, the luminous and transformative voice of Crossing the Equator puts on display Christopher's dazzling power and myriad depths.

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BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American - General
Dewey: 811.54
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.35" W x 7.98" L (0.48 lbs) 240 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Chronological Period - 21st Century
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Nicholas Christopher has been praised as one of America's most important poets by such literary talents as John Ashbery, Charles Simic, James Merrill, and Anthony Hecht. Crossing the Equator collects Christopher's best work from the past three decades and includes a section of new poems that are among his finest.


Cold missiles and a rain

of embers accompany the men

who slide like shadows into the city

faces mud-smeared

stones for teeth no eyes


who slit the throats of everyone

they encounter until breaking down

my door they drag me into the darkness

that floods the corridor

and lock me in an icy chamber

--from THE LAST HOURS OF LA DIK , SISTER OF HEKTOR

Contributor Bio(s): Christopher, Nicholas: - NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER is the author of seven volumes of poetry, five novels, and a cultural history of film noir. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker, Esquire, the Nation, the New Republic, the Paris Review, and other notable magazines. A professor in the School of the Arts at Columbia University, he lives in New York City.
 
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