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Deja Vu Diner by Leonard Gontarek
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ISBN (paperback): 1-932870-07-5 About the Book Gontarek’s lyricism — his aphoristic reticence — is unique in its precision, its refusal to use emotion carelessly, its eerie fragmentation. How almost not to say what must be said is the structural heart of these poems that express the ordinary surreal experience of our lives, and embody the tradition of Beckett’s “Every word is a stain on silence and nothingness.” Gontarek makes this dangerous territory his own — “I am a crazy man in a bathrobe,” he says as he meticulously sings his hypnotic songs.
– Stephen Berg About the Author A native of Philadelphia, Leonard Gontarek has been a cabdriver, movie projectionist, teacher, and bookseller. He coordinates Peace/Works: Poets and Writers for Peace. His poetry has been widely published including in American Poetry Review and The Best American Poetry: 2005 edited by David Lehman and Paul Muldoon. Deja Vu Diner is his second full-length book. |
