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Reviewed by: The Rev

8th Mar 2004

Nine Poems

Charles Simic

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Despite the great disparity in the look of any given book by Exact Change, you can usually tell it's an Exact Change book. Few other micropresses are as consistent in the quality of their output, both from the standpoint of the work inside and the construction outside, as is Exact Change. Nine Poems is no exception, published as a huge orange chapbook, one poem to a page. And this is good Simic, right here; the nine poems involved are all reflections on childhood done in the inimitable Simic style that mixes traces of surrealism, dada, sentimentalism, wry humor, and various other things in small quantities to produce the gems that flow regularly from Mr. Simic's pen.

Long out of print now, I am sure. But well worth the search.

See also

A Fly in the Soup by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

A Wedding in Hell by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Another Republic by Charles Simic & Mark Strand reviewed by The Rev

Charon's Cosmology by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Jackstraws by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

My Noiseless Entourage by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

The Horse Has Six Legs by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

The Voice at 3:00 A.M. by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Unending Blues by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Walking the Black Cat by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

Weather Forecast for Utopia and Vicinity by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev

White by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev