Invisible Bride - by Tony Tost (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Tony Tost's exhilarating poetry debut defies conventional description. Like a fantastic film, a feverish delirium, or a dream state, these prose poems use an experimental lexicon of imagery that goes beyond anything typically poetic. Tost's point of departure is the loss of the Other that makes the I: Agnes. And in a sort of coming-of-age soliloquy song, he meditates on a range of topics: fatherhood, childhood, identity, poetry. Together his poems express the unburdening of consciousness, a consciousness that contains the likes of Blake, Italo Calvino, Allen Grossman, and Frank Stanford, among others (including Tost himself). Surreal and surprising, Invisible Bride showcases the prose artistry of a new American talent.

Review Quotes

"A strange and penetrating book. Questing and questioning full of wonder and doubt, it draws you in and down. There is no settling, but a constant distance that beckons, that once reached you could settle--if only to find one more good place to enjoy a meal, to have someone tell (me) a story."

About the Author

Tony Tost's poems have appeared in the literary magazines Fence, No, Pleiades, Spinning Jenny, Typo, Quarter After Eight, Black Warrior Review, can we have our ball back? and others. Born in Missouri and raised in Washington, he now lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.