• The Brave Never Write Poetry

The Brave Never Write Poetry

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Overview

The brave ride streetcars to jobs early in the morning, have traffic accidents, rob banks. The brave have children, relationships, mortgages. The brave never write these things down in notebooks. The brave die and they are dead. First published in 1985, when Daniel Jones was just twenty-six, The Brave Never Write Poetry, the poet/critic/novelist's lone collection of poems, was a cult hit, turning 'poetry' on its head before its author (then known simply as 'Jones') swore off verse entirely. Written in a direct, plainspoken, autobiographical and at times confessional style in the tradition of Charles Bukowski and Al Purdy, these confrontational poems about sex and boredom, drugs and suicide, document Jones' depressive, alcoholic years as an enfant terrible. This long overdue revised edition brings Jones' unforgettable voice to a new generation of readers and includes the complete text of the original collection (including Jones' own sardonic assessments of his own poetry) and a new postscript essay by poet/critic Kevin Connolly.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781552452455
ISBN-10: 155245245X
Publisher: Coach House Books
Publication date: 2011
Edition description: 2nd ed.
Pages: 101
Product dimensions: Height: 8.5 Inches, Length: 5 Inches, Weight: 0.3417165061 Pounds, Width: 0.5 Inches
Author: Daniel Jones
Language: en
Binding: Paperback

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