The Ecstasy of Capitulation
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The Ecstasy of Capitulation by Daniel Borzutzky
Poetry. Daniel Borzutzky's poems bespeak an amazing grasp of current nounage that the writer skillfully employs to achieve a piercing social and political critique. Little of current or recent history has immunity. Richard Milhous Nixon, Ronald Reagan, the matter of requisite allegiance to sexuality, linguistics, even leek soup, serve as springboards to a greater revelation brought about by the ruthlessly comic clarity of Borzutzky's eyes and ears. The writer plants the spotlight on speakers of the poem who do not know that they can plead the Fifth. Yet even in his most successfully sardonic observations, Borzutzky never merely points the finger. In a virtuosic display of rhetoric, these speakers self-reveal, self-incriminate, and in so doing, take us down with them. For Borzutzky consistently brings to the poem the recognition that his subject is not restricted to these few isolated others, but, at root, to all of us. Joining its best-of-genre companions, The Ecstasy of Capitulation provides scathing critique of culture amid an underlying self-effacement that holds itself responsible and consistently depicts a sense of caring. Borzutzky's is the honest intellect we have been waiting for, to show us what we are--Sheila E. Murphy.The Ecstasy of Capitulation (BlazeVox Books, 2007) and Arbitrary Tales (Triple Press, 2005) are both written by Daniel Borzutzky. He is the translator of Chilean poet Jaime Luis Huenun's Port Trakl, as well as other works by Juan Emar, a Chilean writer from the early twentieth century. Daniel's articles and translations have been published in a variety of venues. He currently resides in Chicago and works as an English professor at Wright College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781934289242 |
| ISBN 10 | 1934289248 |
| Title | The Ecstasy of Capitulation |
| Author | Daniel Borzutzky |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Blazevox Books |
| Year published | 2006-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 80 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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