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August Kleinzahler

August Kleinzahler Biography

Poet

August Kleinzahler is an American poet born on December 10, 1949. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound insights into modern life.

August Kleinzahler is an American poet born on December 10, 1949. His poetry is known for its unique style and profound insights into modern life.

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“I've always felt that there's a very thin membrane between madness and alcoholism, and/or destitution and being an OK American guy in a comfortable heated apartment with meatballs and a decent Sauvignon Blanc in the fridge.”

Guy Felt Comfortable Madness Decent Apartment Alcoholism Fridges Membranes Meatballs American Guys

Author:August Kleinzahler

“There is a particular quality of quietude and stillness that suffuses these painterly poems of Carol Ann Davis, so involved with loss, motherhood and the shifting tonalities of light that transform the domestic and ordinary into the strange and extraordinary that, combined with tenderness of address, approach the worshipful and make a number of these poems so moving and distinctive.”

Light Moving Loss Numbers Quality Particular Strange Involved Approach Ordinary Extraordinary Motherhood Addresses Stillness Tenderness Shifting Distinctive Carols

Author:August Kleinzahler

“The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.”

Ifs Art Social Reader Activity Art Is Ideals One On One

Author:August Kleinzahler

About the Author

Born: December 10, 1949
Known for: Poet
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