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Book SynopsisA rich, meditative new collection of poetry from John Koethe, the necessary and great poet (Hyperallergic).
It's presumptuous, but if you're reading this you
Probably know my usual obsessions and preoccupations:
The worldboth the word and what it stands forand time,
Which is or isn't real, depending on my mood. I've always
Hated poems about philosophy, and I hope I still do,
But since I don't know what that means anymore, here I am,
Musing on my ends and my beginnings one more time . . .
In Beyond Belief, John Koethe poses eternal and essential questions about the rhythms of time, language and literature, and the space between attention and belief. The eleventh book of poetry from America's philosopher-poet is an intimate, searching collection that gives life to the mundane and lends words to our most interior and abstract musings. What makes a life real? Words on a page, the accumulation of moments and memories, or nothing at all
