Ghost Wrestling

Unlike anything else in contemporary poetry. -The Nation

In this collection, poet Roger Weingarten further demonstrates his mastery at drawing the trappings of daily life - whether rodents in the basement, the Summer Olympics on television, or a fairway sniper-into the sphere of mystery and personal revelation. Weingarten has a sly way with language and an unerring sense of how to weave the strands of experience into the fabric of epiphany. This is writing of artful restlessness and profound yet edgy wisdom, telling stories whose endings constantly subvert our comforting expectations.