Knocking Poetry Off Its Pedestal in “The Math Campers” – Chicago Review of Books

Knocking Poetry Off Its Pedestal in “The Math Campers” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] An extraordinary, often mesmerizing engagement with the nature of identity and other existential trappings, The Math Campers, Dan Chiasson’s new collection of poetry, is a meta-kaleidoscope of literature and literary influence. A geometric swirl of the many faces of the author’s family and friends (particularly his teenage sons), it is colored and blended by … Read more