{"product_id":"9781555976989","title":"Station Zed : Poems","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eStation Zed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Tom Sleigh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe AK wants to tell a different truth—\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ea truth ungarbled that is so obvious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eno one could possibly mistake its meaning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf you look down the cyclops-eye of the barrel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat you'll see is a boy with trousers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003erolled above his ankles.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou'll see a mouth of bone moving in syllables\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ethat have the rapid-fire clarity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eof a weapon that can fire 600 rounds a minute.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e      —from \"Oracle\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStation Zed\u003c\/i\u003e is the terminal outpost beyond which is the unknown. It is also the poet Tom Sleigh's finest work. In this latest collection, Sleigh brings to these poems his experiences as a journalist on tours of Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, and Libya. But these are also dispatches from places of grief, history, and poetic traditions as varied as Scottish ballads and the journeys of Basho.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Sleigh] seamlessly and imaginatively weaves together history, mythology, and autobiography to form a collection that feels personal and prophetic. . . . Sleigh never fails to produce beautiful lines. . . .  Narrative and wandering, Sleigh's poems welcome readers ready to venture into the unknown.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I read plenty of great poetry this year . . . but my favorite was Tom Sleigh's \u003ci\u003eStation Zed\u003c\/i\u003e, a profound, sometimes uncomfortably incisive book. Sleigh's essay for \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e on the WWI writers Wilfred Owen and David Jones is brilliant, and this book is the proof that he lives up to theoretical challenges he poses in that essay for anybody daring to write about conflict zones. Just as good are the non-war poems. I just finished it, but have been carrying it around with me because I keep needing to go back to reread poems.” —\u003ci\u003ePhil Klay, author of Redeployment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStation Zed\u003c\/i\u003e, Tom Sleigh's ninth and best book to date...is one of the dialectics that poetry\u003ci\u003e needs now\u003c\/i\u003e if it's to lay the ground for its future.  Its vital presence in Sleigh's work will make his new book one of the necessary publications of 2015.” —\u003ci\u003eOn the Seawall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781555976989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40596416856270,"sku":"9781555976989","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_74dc9d59-dd98-4bbe-9d88-464686f2675f.jpg?v=1637857626","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781555976989","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}