March Book is a wonder and a revelation. A shockingly assured first collection from young poet Jesse Ball, its elegant lines and penetrating voice present a poetic symphony. Craftsmanship defines this collection; it is full of tenderly selected words and inventive pairings. Just as impressive are the breadth and ingenuity of its recurring themes, which crescendo as Ball leads us through his fantastic world, quietly opening doors. In five separate sections we meet beekeepers and parsons, a young woman named Anna in a thin ...
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March Book is a wonder and a revelation. A shockingly assured first collection from young poet Jesse Ball, its elegant lines and penetrating voice present a poetic symphony. Craftsmanship defines this collection; it is full of tenderly selected words and inventive pairings. Just as impressive are the breadth and ingenuity of its recurring themes, which crescendo as Ball leads us through his fantastic world, quietly opening doors. In five separate sections we meet beekeepers and parsons, a young woman named Anna in a thin linen dress, and an old scribe transferring the eponymous March Book. We witness a Willy Lomanesque worker who "ran out in the noon street / shirt sleeves rolled, and hurried after/that which might have passed" only to be told that there's nothing between him and "the suddenness of age." While these images achingly inform us of our delicate place in the physical world, others remind us why we still yearn to awake in it every day and "make pillows with the down / of stolen geese," "build / rooms in terms of the hours of the day." Like a patient Virgil, insistent and confident, Ball escorts us through his mind, and we're lucky to follow.
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Fine in Fine in Pictorial Wraps jacket. Book. Signed on Full Title Page First Printing. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL The author has dated the title page 2106 and written in the works Have Thanks! He has lined out his printed name as is his custom. Author of SAMEDI THE DEAFNESS.
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New. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) First edition, first printing. Softbound, trade paperback original. There was no hardcover edition. New. A pristine unread copy. This incredibly talented author's first book, published while he was still in graduate school. The start to a stunning writing career, and he is still extremely young. SIGNED BY JESSE BALL on title page in 2016, as makred. No inscriptions, just name and year.
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