Behind the State Capitol Antjie Krog He preferred the circulation and

He preferred the circulation and dissemination of his poetry in broadsheets

Anne Sexton

Sheila Heti

Then the book flips on a seam and invokes Chaucer as an unlikely guide through a series of dream-blocks

If life is no more than a prolonged flirtation with death

Behind the State Capitol Antjie Krog He preferred the circulation andJohn Wieners Available in print for the first time in 50 years, Behind the State Capitol: Or Cincinnati Pike has long enjoyed cult status. It is the record of a poet whose life has been shattered by poverty, drug addiction, and mental illness. Wieners creates a complex schizo analysis of language, capitalism, incarceration, and state power, while reflecting on unpopular themes of aging and loneliness in the gay world. It is also a paean for his