About the book
Best known as a novelist, Nicholas Christopher began publishing poems in The New Yorker in his twenties, and has published eight collections, praised over the years by poets and critics as being among America's most important poets. Reviewing his selected poems, Crossing the Equator, published eight years ago, The Washington Post said, \"To read his richly honed and sensuous work, which has so much tensile strength, is to visit other worlds and then to return to our own disturbed by time, but also refreshed and reawakened.\"
On Jupiter Place is his first book since that collection, and it contains material that is perhaps his most personal, autobiographical and intimate work yet. Beautifully made and carefully constructed, one might be reminded of Keats thinking that his poems were \"little machines\" of feeling. And everywhere in this book are moments of disorientation, where the wonder of the poem transcends understanding and leads its readers back into themselves slightly startled and richer for the effort. As Merwin has written, \"his poems are vibrant with light and the surprise of recognition. He shows us again and again the luminous nature of the familiar.\"
The Washington Post, reviewing his Crossing the Equator: New & Selected Poems, reported that \"Nicholas Christopher is a fabulist...His fiction often puts me in mind of Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, two time–travelers who are his great precursors. His poetry tends to build on the work of Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill. Like them, he has a taste for the exotic, the faraway, the displaced, the imaginary.
Editions of On Jupiter Place
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9781619027176
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781619029095
- EBook
- ISBN 9781619027572
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Best known as a novelist, Nicholas Christopher began publishing poems in The New Yorker in his twenties, and has published eight collections, praised over the years by poets and critics as being among America's most important poets. Reviewing his selected poems, Crossing the Equator, published eight years ago, The Washington Post said, \"To read his richly honed and sensuous work, which has so much tensile strength, is to visit other worlds and then to return to our own disturbed by time, but also refreshed and reawakened.\"
On Jupiter Place is his first book since that collection, and it contains material that is perhaps his most personal, autobiographical and intimate work yet. Beautifully made and carefully constructed, one might be reminded of Keats thinking that his poems were \"little machines\" of feeling. And everywhere in this book are moments of disorientation, where the wonder of the poem transcends understanding and leads its readers back into themselves slightly startled and richer for the effort. As Merwin has written, \"his poems are vibrant with light and the surprise of recognition. He shows us again and again the luminous nature of the familiar.\"
The Washington Post, reviewing his Crossing the Equator: New & Selected Poems, reported that \"Nicholas Christopher is a fabulist...His fiction often puts me in mind of Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, two time–travelers who are his great precursors. His poetry tends to build on the work of Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill. Like them, he has a taste for the exotic, the faraway, the displaced, the imaginary.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is On Jupiter Place about?
Best known as a novelist, Nicholas Christopher began publishing poems in The New Yorker in his twenties, and has published eight collections, praised over the years by poets and critics as being among America's most important poets. Reviewing his selected poems, Crossing the Equator, published eight years ago, The Washington Post said, \"To read his richly honed and sensuous work, which has so much tensile strength, is to visit other worlds and then to return to our own disturbed by time, but also refreshed and reawakened.\"
On Jupiter Place is his first book since that collection, and it contains material that is perhaps his most personal, autobiographical and intimate work yet. Beautifully made and carefully constructed, one might be reminded of Keats thinking that his poems were \"little machines\" of feeling. And everywhere in this book are moments of disorientation, where the wonder of the poem transcends understanding and leads its readers back into themselves slightly startled and richer for the effort. As Merwin has written, \"his poems are vibrant with light and the surprise of recognition. He shows us again and again the luminous nature of the familiar.\"
The Washington Post, reviewing his Crossing the Equator: New & Selected Poems, reported that \"Nicholas Christopher is a fabulist...His fiction often puts me in mind of Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino, two time–travelers who are his great precursors. His poetry tends to build on the work of Wallace Stevens, Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill. Like them, he has a taste for the exotic, the faraway, the displaced, the imaginary.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in On Jupiter Place?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Poetry / Poems
Where can I read a sample of On Jupiter Place?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781619027176
Who is/are the Author/s of the book On Jupiter Place?
Nicholas Christopher
Who is the Publisher of the book On Jupiter Place?
Catapult
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
On Jupiter Place is available as hardcover(ISBN 9781619027176) and paperback(ISBN 9781619029095) and ebook(ISBN 9781619027572)
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