The seventeenth book of verse from one of America's finest and most acclaimed contemporary poetsāwinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
Capturing his inimitable voiceāprovocative, amusing, understated, and riotous all at onceāthe poems in Dome of the Hidden Pavilion demonstrate James Tate at his finest. Innovative and fresh, they range in subject from a talking blob to a sobering reminiscence of a war and its aftereffects.
Though they are diverse in scope, a theme of dialogue and communicationāand often miscommunicationālinks these poems. Accessible yet subtly surrealist, filled with dark wit, dry humor, and a deceptive simplicity, Dome of the Hidden Pavilion confirms Tate's continuing relevance as one of the most celebrated American poets of the modern age.
