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John Koethe
"John Koethe unravels timeless questions of death, math, meaning, and much more in this mesmerizing new collection"--
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John Koethe’s The Constructor is a scrupulous, elegant account of the meditative intellect as an instrument continually registering the passage of time. Exquisitely modulated and brutally honest, these poems would…
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Essays by a prize-winning poet that explore the intersection of poetry and philosophy
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Addressing objective and subjective views of the self and the world in philosophy and poetry, this collection brings together a chronology of John Koethe's thoughts on the connections between the…
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The problem of philosophical scepticism is not so much what to say about the view itself (there being a consensus that it should be rejected), but rather what to say…
[Koethe’s] new collection is that rarity, a book of poems with a genuine philosophical dimension and an elegant but conversational poise. –The New York Times Book Review Solemn and playful…
North Point North: New and Selected Poems showcases the work of an important contemporary American poet, winner of the prestigious Kingsley-Tufts Award for Poetry.
The volume opens with twenty-one new…
A Harper Perennial paperback original, Ninety-fifth Street is a beautiful new collection of poems by John Koethe, acclaimed by poet Edward Hirsch as an heir to Wallace Stevens. In this…
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophical work is informed throughout by a particular broad theme: that the semantic and mentalistic attributes of language and human life are shown by verbal and nonverbal conduct…
Collected poems from America’s searching and thoughtful philosopher-poet
A searching new collection from America’s philosopher-poet
John Koethe, in his tenth volume of poetry, investigates the capricious nature of everyday life, the late-night jazz, great sex and all /…
Let me stay there for a while, while evening
Gathers in the sky and daylight lingers on the hills.
There’s something in the air, something I can’t quite see,
Hiding…
From award-winning poet John Koethe, a rich and resonant new collection that moves easily between autobiographical anecdote and philosophical reflection.
A rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the "necessary and great poet" (Hyperallergic).
It's presumptuous, but if you're reading this you Probably know my usual obsessions and…
John Koethe (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)
Addressing objective and subjective views of the self and the world in philosophy and poetry, this collection brings together a chronology of John Koethe’s thoughts on the connections between the…
The vibrant nexus of second-generation New York School poetry is celebrated for its intellectual rigor, wit, startling imagery and lyrical beauty. At the centre of that generation of influential New…
Susan Wolf
Often we act neither for our own sake nor out of duty or an impersonal concern for the world. Rather, we act out of love for objects that we rightly…
