In Defense of Nothing: Selected Poems, 1987–2011

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a l s o b y p e t e r g i z z i ★ ★ ★ p e r i p l u m a r t i fi c i a l h e a r t s o m e va l u e s o f l a n d s c a p e a n d w e at h e r t h e o u t e r nat i o na l e t h r e s h o l d s o n g s IN DEFENSE OF NOTHING w e s l e ya n p o e t r y IN DEFENSE OF NOTHING SELECTED POEMS, 1987---2011 PETER GIZZI Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress Copyright © 2014 by Peter Gizzi All Rights Reserved Designed by Quemadura Manufactured in the United States of America Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gizzi, Peter. [Poems. Selections] In defense of nothing : selected poems, 1987–2011 / [Peter Gizzi]. pages cm. — (Wesleyan Poetry Series) isbn 978-0-8195-7430-5 (cloth : alk. paper) I. Title. ps3557.i94a6 2014 811'.54—dc23 2013041211 5 4 3 2 1 "Cover design by Quemadura." f o r e l i z a b e t h w i l l i s ...