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 Confusing? Most certainly.... June 13, 2007
R. White (Athens, GA USA)
This is the most confusing book of poetry I've ever read. I couldn't follow any of the material. However, I very much liked the sound of the poetry. If you like sound and don't care at all about logic, this could interest you. Otherwise, steer clear!
 Hot Ice November 27, 2001
John Schertzer (New York, NY United States)
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
There is much that is surprisingly warm in this theoried and avant aesthetically conscious amalgamation. And while it surges with elitist-hip pretensions, it grooves to a back-beat of pop and populist rhythms, with many-hued chops against a background of blue. It is a cartoon philosopher and the future of anarchism railing against the bars with a baby bottle. Worth many reads. You can definitely learn from it.
 you kill me August 18, 2001
Ray Gonne (Help US)
2 out of 9 found this review helpful
who isn't happy to be a killing machine?,joshua clover's meditation on small-town violence meeting today's tough issues is a profound meditation on small-town... no matter how far we back away from ourselves this scene will not reveal itself as a movie set. clover tails stephen wright on the going native episode, plucking observations about the state of words from the world of fin de siecle or whatever wherever with something like glee, but not glee, exactly, but without the staid proprietary stare of big time talkers in verse. I am trying to invent a way for you to buy me back-- quote marks are so 20th c. clover's what poetry reads to itself late this afternoon.
 Okay March 20, 2001
15 out of 22 found this review helpful
Okay, I can't imagine who'd want to read this book, but let's hypothetically say that you do. I see used copies everywhere--no doubt because it was thrust upon the members of the Academy of American Poets, who then relegated it to their "recycle" pile. So if you're intent on getting it, visit a thrift store, where discounted copies abound.
Read it April 7, 2000
Boris Pasternak (Moscow, Russia)
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Very Good Book. I learn English from it. No need to live in '60s, Clover brings them to you. I read for wife and she kick me out. I still have book though, makes good fire. I recommend to anyone who needs encouragement.-
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