Early/Late: New & Selected Poems

Early/Late: New and Selected Poems draws from Philip Fried's previous four collections of poetry. These highly praised books explored such themes as the tribulations of a vulnerable deity and the intersection of personal myth and historical moment. The new poems, in a section titled "The Emanation Crunch," are haunted by the current financial turmoil and possessed by the disembodied voices that multiply in our world of simulacra. "This skillful and memorable first selection can seem like the work of three or four different poets, thought wit and civility hold it together."-Publishers Weekly