At last! The essential Michael Gottlieb in one volume. For decades, Gottlieb's publications and live readings have been accruing admirers from vanguardist writing communities nationwide. From his beginnings as a lexical atomicist to his later staged documentary pieces, this extensive collection will prove Gottlieb to be one of the most forensic poets of our time. Whether closely examining the radical uncertainty of privately lived phenomenon or tracking the nanomoments of accidental public encounters, these works brim with a wit and quirkiness that's sure to thrill browfurrowed scholars, roustabout flaneurs, and solitary text trippers in equal measure. Rodrigo Toscano