The Lives of the Poems and Three Talks
by Joshua Beckman
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Collected as two books in conversation—part of Wave’s Bagley Wright Lecture Series—these talks provide a rare and unique insight into a deeply literary life. In The Lives of the Poems, poet Joshua Beckman offers three variations of the same talk that—through repetition and adjustment, a sort of echolocating—illuminate the intimate experience of making a particular set of poems. In Three Talks, he explores the fluid social dynamics of poetry as it lives between readers, poems, and books.
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Author Biography
Joshua Beckman was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He is the author of many books, including Animal Days (Wave Books, forthcoming 2021) and The Inside of an Apple. He is editor-in-chief at Wave Books and has translated numerous works of poetry and prose, including Poker by Tomaž Šalamun, which was a finalist for the PEN America Poetry in Translation Award.
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Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, dedicated to publishing exceptional contemporary poetry, poetry in translation, and writing by poets. By publishing strong, innovative work in finely crafted editions, we hope to continue to challenge the values and practices of readers and add to the collective sense of what’s possible in contemporary poetry.
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- Publisher Wave Books
- Publication Date May 2018
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781940696423
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
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