Paul Violi: Selected Poems 1970-2007

This book presents a definitive selection of theopoetry that Paul Violi (1944-2011) published in his lifetime, asoselected by his friends and colleagues, Charles North and TonyoTowle. Violi is often associated with the second generation'oof the New York school of poetry. However, his gift for theotransformation of unpromising material - TV listings, the calloof a horse race, a book index, a police blotter - into comicotours de force is unique. The breadth of Violi’s sensibility is second to none and this collection should establish his place in American poetry.