Books by Charles Bernstein

Charles Bernstein presents an original and capacious collection of poems that speak to a world turned upside-down by this time of "covidity."

Bernstein takes art as its theme, reflecting on a number of paintings-which are reproduced here in color.

A pivotal book for Bernstein, The Sophist demonstrated his great range of subject matter, style, and genre. By contrasting wildly different approaches to poetry, Bernstein not only questions the intrinsic value of any given form but also provides a model for his later heterogeneous books.

Offers a full-length collection of poems that takes you on a journey through the history and poetics of the decades since the end of the Cold War as seen through the lens of social and personal turbulence and tragedy. In these poems, the author makes good on his claim that 'the poetry is not in speaking to the dead but listening to the dead'.

Addresses the state of contemporary humanities, the teaching of unconventional forms, fresh approaches to translation, the history of language media, and the connections between poetry and visual art.

Features works written on the evening of September 11, 2001, and in response to the war in Iraq.

In a wild variety of topics, polemic, and styles, Bernstein surveys the poetry scene and addresses hot issues of poststructuralist literary theory. What role should poetics play in contemporary culture? Bernstein finds the answer in dissent, in both argument and form-a poetic language that resists being absorbed into the conventions of our culture.

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