Description: Poetry. Music. This particular pamphlet is beautifully designed, printed on high-stock paper, with a proper spine and an ultra-cool cover. It features over 16 punk-rock-style song lyrics--zany, witty, brilliant, sometimes startling --by the master poet of songs played by his band, Rogue Oliphant. An album/LP is to follow (not from Eyewear). At a time when the Nobel is recognising the beauty and value of lyrics as a form of literature, here comes a great contender...
Brief description: Paul Muldoon is widely considered the greatest-living poet of his generation. A former professor of poetry at Oxford, and once poetry editor of The New Yorker, Muldoon's influence on poetry since his debut is incalculable. At once playful, profoundly literate, pop savvy and allusive to the max, his poetry has tens of thousands of readers and fans worldwide. Any new collection of this Pulitzer-winner is an event.