In this Book
- Available Surfaces: Essays on Poesis
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of Michigan Press
- Series: Poets on Poetry
summary
In Available Surfaces, T. R. Hummer explores the art of making both poetry and music, and of the concept of "making" itself. He draws on childhood experiences and experiences as an adult, as a poet, and as an explorer of unworldly spaces to examine that "something ineffable about the process of making of which the poem is the exemplary artifact."
Hummer grew up in the deep South, and spent many of his high school years playing saxophone in various rock and roll bands before he met poetry. This musical influence is visible in his work: he often discusses poetry together with music, or music with poetry, and his career has included both writing and performance.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction and Apologia
- pp. 12-15
- A Length of Hemp Rope
- pp. 16-24
- Lost Worlds, New Deals
- pp. 25-30
- Impermanent Earth
- pp. 59-61
- Available Surfaces
- pp. 62-99
- The Genographica
- pp. 103-111
- Hotel California
- pp. 112-120
- Going Gentle
- pp. 121-129
- Applied Platonism; Or, What Work Isn't
- pp. 130-143
- Emissary: Five Eternities in September
- pp. 148-161
Additional Information
ISBN
9780472028948
Related ISBN(s)
9780472051854, 9780472071852
MARC Record
OCLC
810124906
Pages
160
Launched on MUSE
2012-08-29
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2012