Walkman
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- Author：Michael Robbins
- ISBN：0143134906
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Summary
A new collection from an audacious， humorous poet celebrated for his sky-blue originality of utterance （Dwight Garner， The New York Times）
Michael Robbins's first two books of poetry were raucous protests lodged from the frontage roads and big-box stores of off-ramp America。 With Walkman， he turns a corner。 These new poems confront self-pity and nostalgia in witty-miserable defiance of our political and ecological moment。 It's the end of the world， and Robbins has listened to all the tapes in his backpack。 So he's making music from whatever junk he finds lying around。
Michael Robbins's first two books of poetry were raucous protests lodged from the frontage roads and big-box stores of off-ramp America。 With Walkman， he turns a corner。 These new poems confront self-pity and nostalgia in witty-miserable defiance of our political and ecological moment。 It's the end of the world， and Robbins has listened to all the tapes in his backpack。 So he's making music from whatever junk he finds lying around。
Reviews
Collin
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Robbins pulls from pop culture and his strong personal wit to produce cynical musings on the state of our world。 His form is clear at best， bland at worst， and The Seasons presents the strongest piece in the work。 It’s good work， but embittered but heartbreak over relationship， the youths， and the fuckery of the world。
Downward
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I once saw Michael Robbins do a reading at Montclair University， a school at which he was in the middle of working toward a teaching position that he would eventually get， and someone in the audience asked him about his poems being technically proficient but without much emotional content。 He answered that the emotional content was the easy part。 I remember the people that I was with being disappointed with his answer， their belief being that NO THAT WASN'T THE EASY PART， which you know fair eno I once saw Michael Robbins do a reading at Montclair University， a school at which he was in the middle of working toward a teaching position that he would eventually get， and someone in the audience asked him about his poems being technically proficient but without much emotional content。 He answered that the emotional content was the easy part。 I remember the people that I was with being disappointed with his answer， their belief being that NO THAT WASN'T THE EASY PART， which you know fair enough。 Anyway， this one is Michael Robbins doing what he previously noted as "the easy part" and it's really good。 。。。more
Patrick Kennedy
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3。5。 I liked this much better than Robbins’s previous collections。 The formal pyrotechnics are largely absent， which is a shame， but the poems are much more relatable。 He seems to care more about communicating with the reader， and there are far fewer poetry world allusions and inside jokes （though there are still some， which is fine， he’s a poet after all）。 In one poem he gently chides himself for writing about “bourgeois shit” but these poems feel far less bourgeois in their sensibility than hi 3。5。 I liked this much better than Robbins’s previous collections。 The formal pyrotechnics are largely absent， which is a shame， but the poems are much more relatable。 He seems to care more about communicating with the reader， and there are far fewer poetry world allusions and inside jokes （though there are still some， which is fine， he’s a poet after all）。 In one poem he gently chides himself for writing about “bourgeois shit” but these poems feel far less bourgeois in their sensibility than his former work， more William Carlos Williams and less John Ashbery。 I’m really glad I picked this up， it was just what I needed right now。 。。。more
Vicki Haid
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I really only like two of poems in this collection。The rest。。。。 meh， just not for me。
BookDrunkard
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I received an ARC of Walkman in exchange for an honest review。This book of poetry was a quick read。 I enjoyed the nostalgic feel to the writing。 I also liked that it felt like I was having a conversation with the author。 I would definitely read more by him。
Gabriel
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ARC given by Edelweiss+ for Honest ReviewA refreshingly pessimistic collection of poetry。 Robbins speaks to feeling tired and hopeless in such a weirdly hopeful way that it really holds the reader and shakes them to their core。 Like it's saying "It's okay that you're sad！！！ We are all sad！！ Here listen to some music。"A little on the psuedo-intellectual side of confessional poetry but also brings a refreshing mix of faith into it。 Overall， something I'd definitely pick up for myself。 ARC given by Edelweiss+ for Honest ReviewA refreshingly pessimistic collection of poetry。 Robbins speaks to feeling tired and hopeless in such a weirdly hopeful way that it really holds the reader and shakes them to their core。 Like it's saying "It's okay that you're sad！！！ We are all sad！！ Here listen to some music。"A little on the psuedo-intellectual side of confessional poetry but also brings a refreshing mix of faith into it。 Overall， something I'd definitely pick up for myself。 。。。more
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