Next! - by Michael Gottlieb (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Next! (New Poems) is the much-awaited collection of Michael Gottlieb's latest poems, joining Selected Poems (2021), Collected Essays (2023), and Collected Memoirs (2023) in matching format and design, making this the fourth volume in Chax Press's standard edition of this important poet's work. While, as a first-generation Language School poet, his radical yet accessible work deeply interrogates language, as well as focusing on New York City, an eternal subject for him, the fundamental questions he's been asking for decades are what does it mean to be a poet and how do we live our lives as poets?

About the Author

Michael Gottlieb is a poet and the author of twentythree books of poetry, essays and memoir. His latest book is Collected Memoirs, published by Chax Press in November, 01/01/2023. Collected Memoirs is published as the third volume in a uniform edition by Chax, joining Collected Essays (March 01/01/2023) and Selected Poems, (01/01/2021). Other recent titles include Mostly Clearing (Roof, 01/01/2019) What We Do: Essays for Poets (01/01/2016, Chax Press), I Had Every Intention (01/01/2014, Faux Editions), Dear All (01/01/2013, Roof Books), Letters to A Middle Aged Poet (01/01/2012, Otoliths), The Dust (2011, Roof Books), Memoir and Essay (01/01/2010, Faux/Other). A firstgeneration member of the Language Poetry school, he helped edit one of its foundational magazines, Roof. He was also the publisher of Case/Casement Books (19811999) and started the Last Tuesday multimedia performance series at La MaMa in NYC in the 1980s. Gottlieb was born in the Bronx and grew up in Westchester County, NY. He graduated from Bennington College where he studied poetry and painting. He's worked for a private detective agency and in business affairs for Warner Bros. Inc. He founded a start up and most recently served as Vice President, Digital Insight and Chief Research Expert for the global software company SAP. He divides his time between New York City and Connecticut.