
Cuttings from the Tangle
Black Sparrow Press, December 2020. Hardcover. New / No Jacket As Issued. Item #240848 For nearly three decades, Richard Buckner has been traveling the byways of America, often alone and with little more than his guitars and notebooks. Now he's sharing what he saw, felt, and found.
ISBN: 1574232444
in sips so small she wouldn't notice
until it was eventually
but-remembered on dark afternoons With titles such as "One More Last One," "Everyone is driven unknowingly to their urges," and simply "Work," these are Buckner's singular reports from a revelatory road. reappraising
past decisions in renewable review,
demanded by the weight
of explanations that can still determine
what drove you elsewhere then,
now with no-where left
to wait. Black Sparrow Press is proud to bring this remarkable debut work of prose-poetry to readers. "During a career spent crisscrossing the country, Buckner has seen plenty. In all those hotels between here and there, at those bars and truck stops and lounges, he would sit and listen . . . Buckner puts that power of observation to good use."--NPR's Morning Edition "Cuttings from the Tangle is not the work of a road-weary musician dabbling in another form. This book confirms a truth hinted at all these years in the language of his lyrics: Buckner is a writer."--Literary Hub
Includes a bookplate signed by Buckner
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Price: $22.95