There are recurring motifs, themes, and characters. It is a book about loneliness, isolation, fear, and, above all else, the illusion of choice. First, this should be evidence that Seattle has really amazing used book stores.
The copy was originally purchased at Open Books, an all-poetry bookstore. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Instead, adjust yr knobs, and follow it over here at tumblr. Schomburg is a very talented poet, hailing from Portland, Oregon. He also co-edits a small poetry press called Octopus Books. He is currently working on a second book of poems as well as translations of the Russian-language poet, Gennadii Aigi.
Zachary Schomburg. Black Ocean. He co-edits Octopus Magazine and Octopus Books. Written on the body how about a literary tattoo?
Books Poetry. The volume layers its themes and recurring figures the way music can double back to make sure your heart grows heavy: a sweetheart named Marlene, an ominous Everyman, Carlos, parables about the woods, myths The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg spdbooks.
Zach s book seems to place itself somewhere near the difference between impersonation and impostorism Impostory Imposture I think an impersonator is someone we reward for resembling another person, or if not reward then are entertained by An impostor is someone whose resemblance of another person is not to be trusted and is perhaps to be punished So the question, given the title of the book, seems to be whether the business of social existence is an impersonation of some true self maybe put that [ I wish the book could be like the longer poem, Abraham Lincoln s Death Scene This is one of the few poems in the book that seems cognizant that any transformation or surreal image could have consequences, and should have consequences My problem with The Man Suit is that most of the poems seem to hinge their success on a simple unusual statement Abraham Lincoln s Death Scene, on the other hand, creates this strange relationship between the anachronistic, the macabre, the romantic, and the quotid [ Schomburg writes some of the most unusual poetry that I ve ever seen Perhaps I m not as familiar with surreal poetry as I should be, but this is an entirely different animal An animal with radial antennas for horns and the sixteenth century buried in it s tin foil fur On toast Schomburg s train of thought is surprising and wild It s like watching Reagan at a presidential address suddenly do a striptease to the tune of Beethoven s moonlight sonata, you re riveted because what you see is so differ [ The Man Suit is a superbly paced book of poems, and would be an excellent blueprint to follow for any poet assembling their own collection of work Stark, surreal and hallucinatory in all the right ways, had this book been around in the 80s I could have saved myself a lot of brain cells.
With an eerie creepiness informing its generally benign imagery, this book suggests a Man Ray photo exhibition as curated by David Lynch Lingering a little to long on any one page reveals a depth of oddities only [ I read this pretty slowly, with lots of rereading It s the kind of poetry that especially begs that I like it because on the first read it seems pretty nonsensical, but as you read it and , the images come to life , until they become clearly allegorical But still, I wouldn t recommend reading this looking for 1 to 1 metaphors to real life, because the magic is in the surrealness But this book manages to stay surreal, while still offering the reader a lot of things they can cling to, in order t [ I should read poetry Clearly there is contemporary poetry out there worth reading it s just a matter of stumbling across the right poet, I guess.
This book is not particularly substantial I finished it in about an hour, and it s not the sort of poetry where there are twenty layers of allusion and allegory to unlock upon re readings but it is not boring Schomburg is good at weaving motifs and recurring characters in such a way that you feel, as you read, that there might be an actual narrative lu [ Goofy imagery Fiery passion Scary occurrences Super love made understandable and relatable Enough mentions of the Sea of Japan to keep my mouth from closing Funniest book of poetry ever read tonight and up to now in my lifetime Oh Morning It s already morning What a day Also, what counts as poetry These are full blown stories often than not Because they re surreal do they become poetry Because there are a few sections written in poetry looking form the not so poem form lookin things are poetry [ Thankfully, reading some of Zachary Schomburg's The Man Suit a bit each day made me feel like I at least slept enough to dream.
His dark, surrealist,. The resulting body of work walks a dynamic line—often reading like anecdotal fables or cautionary tales in the form of prose poems.
THE MAN SUIT, a darkly comic debut from poet Zachary Schomburg, assembles a macabre cast of doppelg ngers, talking animals and dead presidents in poems that explore concepts of identity, truth and fate. Brittney I dislike writing reviews on books I had a hard time putting it down. Very well written, great characters and I loved the setting! Going to look for more books by this author! Justyna A short but with lovely book for fans of both authors, but also a lot of insight into freedom of speach, creativity and the importance of libraries.
Some words to take to heart, some words to live by, some words to get more liberated in the pursuit of artistic endeavours.
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