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Charlie Smith
Charlie Smith
Books by Charlie Smith
Word Comix: Poems
Hardback, 2008
Charlie Smith's "shimmering energy" (Mary Oliver) pushes against the barriers of imagination and the American language.
Word Comix: Poems
Paperback, 2010
“Smith writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream.”—New York Times Book Review
Jump Soul: New and Selected Poems
Hardback, 2014
A stunning collection from a poet who “writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream” (New York Times Book Review).
Indistinguishable from the Darkness
Paperback, 1991
The Palms
Paperback, 1997
“…Smith sets beautiful language against a stark human landscape…and a natural world of light, wind, and blossoms….[He] shows us his power without seeming to try—one mark of a major poet.” —...
Before and After: Poems
Paperback, 1997
As both poet and novelist, Charlie Smith has been hailed as "prodigiously talented" by the New York Times, and Madison Smartt Bell describes him as "a spectacular stylist" and "a visionary."
Heroin: And Other Poems
Paperback, 2002
A new collection of poetry from Charlie Smith, whose work Lorrie Moore has called "appallingly brilliant."
Women of America: Poems
Paperback, 2005
"Seldom have loss, anger, and self-loathing been so cutting or vividly portrayed."--Library Journal
Demo: Poems
Paperback, 2020
A dazzling volume that gushes with the rhythms of life and language, from award-winning poet Charlie Smith.
Jump Soul: New and Selected Poems
E Book, 2014
A stunning collection from a poet who “writes with a scalding aortal brilliance that leaves the reader drunk on dream” (New York Times Book Review).