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No Time Like Now - (Pitt Poetry) by Andrei Codrescu (Paperback)

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  • In Codrescu's own words: "I wrote my first book of poems, License to Carry a Gun (Big Table, 1970), when I first lived in New York City, 1967-1970.
  • About the Author: Andrei Codrescu was born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, and emigrated to the United States in 1966.
  • 88 Pages
  • Poetry, American
  • Series Name: Pitt Poetry

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About the Book



"Astonishingly honest, bittersweet, hilarious, and heart-breaking: no time like now is a book you must read!"-Marjorie Perloff



Book Synopsis



In Codrescu's own words:
"I wrote my first book of poems, License to Carry a Gun (Big Table, 1970), when I first lived in New York City, 1967-1970. Those were troubled times and I was 21 years-old. Decades later the city has changed and the times are still troubled. These poems, 2016-2018, try to find out just how changed my dear city and how troubled my days."



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Andrei went there as an adolescent (U.S.); later I came here (France): we have known each other forever. I read his new book no time like now and see how similar (semblable) we remain in a zoo world of cellphone-users with customs. Older ones who have mastered their art are left with the glee of language. These poems also contain plenty of love.--Alice Notley

Codrescu lands on a powerful statement on how we can interact with the contemporary world he struggles to write about: "I was new in America your strings vibrated / in a newness new even to the new world / a world that must be courage itself or die."--Josh Cook "LA Review of Books"

In his newest collection of lyric poems, the brilliant Andrei Codrescu reveals himself yet again as our funniest/saddest contemporary bard. Newly returned to New York, the city of his youth, Codrescu the flâneur observes the daily disjunctions of Manhattan life in all their absurdity. Astonishingly honest, bittersweet, hilarious, and heart-breaking: no time like now is a book you must read!--Marjorie Perloff

On every page, Andrei provides us with a poetic tap on the shoulder: 'We are still in the wine roses goat and sesame seed phase of the revolution.' In other words, there is as much joy as there is threat in the world, as much threat as there is possibility; we are called to respond, and remember. This collection repairs and raises our spirit(s).--Sharon Mesmer



About the Author



Andrei Codrescu was born in Sibiu, Transylvania, Romania, and emigrated to the United States in 1966. He is the author of numerous books: poems, novels, and essays. He founded Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books and Ideas, and was a regular commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He taught literature and poetry at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Baltimore, and Louisiana State University.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.8 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .4 Inches (D)
Weight: .3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 88
Series Title: Pitt Poetry
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Andrei Codrescu
Language: English
Street Date: March 26, 2019
TCIN: 92122217
UPC: 9780822965824
Item Number (DPCI): 247-16-8983
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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