There may be a new book of Michael Astrue's poetry coming out before long. In November 2008, Astrue's alter ego, A.M. Juster, was expecting to complete a translation of poetry for the University of Pennsylvania Press by the end of the following year as well as a new book of original poetry to be called A Midsummer Night's Hangover.
Do not expect a new book immediately. The editing process could easily take six months or more even if Astrue was able to submit one or both by the end of 2009. I do not thing that an academic press would be rushing a volume of poetry into print.
By the way, Astrue's tastes in poetry go well beyond his preferred style for writing poetry, formal verse. He admires T.S. Eliot's free verse and adores the work of Richard Hugo and Linda Pastan.
Do not expect a new book immediately. The editing process could easily take six months or more even if Astrue was able to submit one or both by the end of 2009. I do not thing that an academic press would be rushing a volume of poetry into print.
By the way, Astrue's tastes in poetry go well beyond his preferred style for writing poetry, formal verse. He admires T.S. Eliot's free verse and adores the work of Richard Hugo and Linda Pastan.
3 comments:
Perhaps a Midsummer Night's Hangover is all about co-occurring disorders...
Didn't Mr. Astrue play one of the Coneheads on SNL?
While you're home playing with ypurself? Clearly you are jealous of Astrue's success, just like Mr. Hall.
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