num_pages: 332
description: This collection of poetry showcases the work of "the heartiest and most enthusiastic celebrant since Whitman" (Jim Cory). Above all, James Broughton delights in pleasures of body and soul - but perhaps especially those of the body - with wit and charm.As Rain Taxi writes, "Broughton's is a poetry of revelation, not obfuscation. . . . Each poem is a celebration and a call to offset the putrefaction of complacency with a bit of devilishness."
language: English
title: Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996
titlecomplete: Packing Up for Paradise: Selected Poems 1946-1996
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 12
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Men's Poetry
publisher: Black Sparrow Press