Zoop

Poetry. ZOOP collects 40 of Szamotowitz's innovative prose-poems that range in subject from the pastoral scenes of Charity to the urban landscape of Styrofoam and Duct Tape Glider Kill. Prominent in the New York poetry scene, Szamatowicz's work has appeared in Skanky Possum, The Germ, The Hartford Advocate, Canada Review, as well as in many other publications. . "In paragraphs that unspool calmly and intently, Szamatowicz's regular, matter-of-fact prose plays straight man (or woman) to the speaker's cognitive associations...." Publishers Weekly. This striking book comes from Owl Press, known for publishing Edmund Berrigan's popular DISARMING MATTER (also available from SPD).