The dynamic, rhythmical impulse to Antin's poems is the primary characteristic of their being. Open the book anywhere and you will find the coherent rhythmical pattern that rocks us readers and reassures us that there is a firm, probing mind within these poems that will not fail us.--American Book Review

An exemplary constellation of key talk poems by David Antin, one of the great American poets of the postwar period. Antin's talks are chock-full of startlingly philosophical insight, compelling autobiographical turns, and bursts of comic genius. This book is the record of a person thinking out loud, weaving narratives on the fly, and making poems that are as engaging as they are wise.--Charles Bernstein, author of Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions

An exemplary constellation of key talk poems by David Antin, one of the great American poets of the postwar period. Antin's talks are chock-full of startlingly philosophical insight, compelling autobiographical turns, and bursts of comic genius. This book is the record of a person thinking out loud, weaving narratives on the fly, and making poems that are as engaging as they are wise.--Charles Bernstein, author of Attack of the Difficult Poems: Essays and Inventions