Heights of the Marvelous

In the cutting-edge manner and method of Verses that Hurt and Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poet's Café, this anthology gathers recent work by many of New York City's most daring young poets. Contributors to this eclectic, exhilarating collection include Jordan Davis, Maggie Estep, Mimi Goese, Kenneth Goldsmith, Sharon Mesmer, Lee Ranaldo, Prageeta Sharma, Mac Wellman, and others.

Welcome Anselm Berrigan A short history of autumn Mercy flightBloodletting Advice to a young philosopher Ode to election day Looking up my balance Sabotage A four minute history of getting it together in order to be fabulous, briefly The various multitudes contained by the loves of my love Todd ColbyThe Boy and the Girl Think Eight Labor Day Picnic Poem Dear, I Love Captain's Log Brenda Coultas The Human Museum Dr. Wasserman, Third Farming Poem Weather Report Capitalist Projections Lecture #lJordan Davis The Zoo He Is Lightning Time Bum Fire Barns You Turn Around A BoatThe Kids on Television Imagine MeMaggie Estep I Have to Go Now Amy FusselmanPuffy Jacket Mother Nature Journal Sleeper Ticker Mimi GoeseThe Dive (Untitled) You Are Love GhostKenneth Goldsmith From Punk Mitch HighfillRebis Sea Breeze The Marginalization of Poetry Ben MarcusBattle at Horizon Plagiarism Justice Delaying Relevance Sharon Mesmer Lonely Tylenol What Becomes Us My Life in Yonago Amanda Nazario Kevin and Nicole Melt Me Maggie Nelson Molino Vallejo Wish Fulfillment Brightness Proposal Michael Portnoy The Evolution of Lather DINOGON Voucher Hints at Distance "Roget, Papier, Schism!" Instant Control Of of Titmouse Lee Ranaldo A Refugee Flash Me Killed Steel Ttest Wrong # No Deal HIS:STORY Five Weeks Time Presses Me Carl Hancock Rux The Excavation Asylum of Gestures Asphalt Musings Shunning an Imperative Prageeta Sharma Action-Packed Sonnet Poorly Matched Transit Principles, When I Felt Them Potter's Field Performance Test Beau Sia claim to fame things to do in hollandenemyhowlno words empty Edwin Torres Bio-Rodent-Oriole How Long Does the Curator Dance For? Gigabyte Me-How Much RAM in Your Summer of Love?Breezy Delicious Day Summertime Late Show Poetry Detective An Elbow in Dumberland The Vase of the Universe Elder Dubb Of My Nipple Ring Halos Lipsticktion Drowning in the Last Days of Luxury MarianneVitale I read that it was all a chain Joy Island You Oh Evenexcerpt from On Justifying Cuckoo La Goose Truth Put It Loop, fleck, sound and so on . . . three written poems, unconnected patois become your face Mac Wellman Poems from The Rat Minaret: Miniaturist-divan Notes on the Poets Permissions/Acknowledgments