Ryan Ruby is a poet, novelist, translator, and one of the anglosphere's most admired literary critics. This November, the California-born Wahlberliner is publishing his newest book—a book that only he could, or perhaps would, write.
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Context Collapse: A Poem Containing a History of Poetry (Seven Stories Press) is exactly what it sounds like, a playfully discourse-hopping epic verse essay about the history of poetry itself. Epic in sweep, it offers a secret history of the poet—from Bronze Age Greece and Renaissance Italy to the cafés of Grub Street and the Latin Quarter, from the creative writing departments of the American Midwest to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley.
It has been described as "delightfully witty" (Rosemarie Waldrop), "erudite and perceptive" (Eugene Ostashevsky), "compelling" (Boris Dralyuk), and "basically unpublishable" (Ryan Ruby).
The reading and a discussion will be hosted by local critic Alexander Wells, followed by an audience Q&A and a signing over drinks.
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Participating artists
Ryan Ruby
Alexander Wells
Dates
November 2024
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