The Tunnel: Selected Poems of Russell Edson (Field Editions Series No 3)

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"The Tunnel selects from nearly three decades of writing by the perversely unique Russell Edson, who occupies a closet in the house of American poetry that most readers (and writers) dare not even open.... A magnificent book. The microscopic precision and intuitive leaps evident throughout the book confirm that Edson is not merely an offbeat original but a profound contemporary poet deserving of wider recognition"


Book Description
Russell Edson's prose poems constitute some of the most original American art of the 20th century. Like the boxes of Joseph Cornell, each is a miniature world, eerie in its logic, unsettling in its ruthless fun, dazzling in its invention. Much of Edson's corpus has been out of print or difficult to find for some time now. This new selection offers his own favorites from seven previous collections, restoring Edson to his large and international audience and introducing him to new readers who are committed to what is truly original and illuminating in language, imagination, and poetry.


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