Date:
July 02, 2013
Jeff Dolven’s poems take the guise of fables, parables, allegories, jokes, riddles, and other familiar forms. In each poem, an uncanny conceit surprises the form, a highway paved with highwaymen, a school for shame, a family of chairs. Dolven makes these strange wagers with grace and edgy precision, accessible lyrics that still manage to listen in on our echoing interiors.