As If - Paperback

by James Richardson (Author)

A reissue of a celebrated collection of poems from James Richardson.

James Richardson's poems concern humor, paradox, and nuanced perception of human interaction As If was originally selected by Amy Clampitt and published as part of the National Poetry Series. In Clampitt's words: "To discover a vocabulary and a syntax equal in precision to the micron and the nanosecond: such is the enterprise James Richardson calls on his readers to join . . ."

Author Biography

James Richardson's collections of poems and aphorisms include For Now; During, which received the Castagnola Prize from the Poetry Society of America; National Book Award finalist By the Numbers; National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Interglacial; Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays; and How Things Are, which was also published by Carnegie Mellon University Press. He is professor emeritus of creative writing at Princeton University and lives in New Jersey.