Stupid Hope: Poems

by Jason Shinder and Cleo Qian

Book Overview

The final collection by the late Jason Shinder, "one of the finest of our new poets" (Gerald Stern)

I close my eyes and try to remember
when I was unopposed, when I started to die,
buoyant, fragrant, shuddering with love.
--from "Before"

Jason Shinder's last poems are his moving testimonies to poetry, love, and friendship. With power, clarity, and disarming humor, the poems confront grief and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155597533X
• ISBN13: 9781555975333
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"