The Nerve: Poems

A haunting and powerful collection, The Nerve captures the strangeness and splendor of America in the twenty-first century. Glyn Maxwell's characters include FBI agents, the Californian "wild child" Genie, a man who holds his own funeral, and women writing love letters to men on Death Row. From college football games to television weather reports, from hayrides to hunting tragedies, Maxwell's brilliant lyrics and narratives explore American life and legend.

Author: Glyn Maxwell
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ecco Press
Published: 03/16/2004
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 8.26h x 5.54w x 0.20d
ISBN: 9780618446667