num_pages: 96
description: There is something utterly in thrall here, honey-slow and fixated. Driven by obsession—in particular, obsession with the legendary French poet, Robert Desnos—Muench’s identification with a true self beyond the self’s known truth is startling.—from the introduction by Carol Muske-Dukes“Simone’s poems have a confidence and sophistication of what I like to call intentionality. Also wit, grace, poise, and a relationship to writing beyond self-referential feeling.”—Anne Waldman“Lush, sprouting, sensuous images line-by-line, adopting myth freely, Muench’s poems are volatile explosives, circling beauty.”—James Tate
language: English
title: Lampblack & Ash: Poems
titlecomplete: Lampblack & Ash: Poems
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 136
awards: name: Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry
publisher: Sarabande Books