At last-a definitive selection of the elegant work by a poet at the
forefront of American poetry for more than three decades.
With his first several books, J. D. McClatchy established himself
as a poet of urbanity, intellect and prismatic emotion, in the
tradition of James Merrill, W. H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop-one who
balances an exploration of the underworld of desire with a mastery
of poetic form, and whose artistry reveals the riches and ruins of
our "plundered hearts." Now, opening with exquisite new
poems-including the stunning "My Hand Collection," a catalogue of
art objects that steals up on the complexity of human touch, and a
witty and profound poem entitled "My Prostatectomy"-this selection
is a glorious full tour of McClatchy's career. It includes excerpts
from the powerful book-length sequence "Ten Commandments" (1998)
and his more recent works "Hazmat"(2002) and "Mercury Dressing"
(2009), for which he has been hailed as a poet of "ferocious
alertness," one who elicits (says "The New Leader") "the kind of
wonder and joy we experience when the curtain comes down on a
dazzling performance."
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