In these stories from the tradition of farmer folk living in the north of Sweden, the author brings to life a whole gallery of simple characters in funny and tragic situations.
"May be the best book ever written about jazz."―David Thomson, Los Angeles TimesIn eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz...
An incandescent collection from one of American poetry's most distinctive and essential voicesThe Beauty opens with a series of dappled, ranging "My" poems--"My Skeleton," "My Corkboard," "My...