Selfish: Poems - Softcover

Praise for Albert Goldbarth "Albert Goldbarth has amassed a body of work as substantial and intelligent as that of anyone in his generation." --Harvard Review "Albert Goldbarth just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages."--The Georgia Review "Albert Goldbarth is a major poet: brilliant, moving, and wildly entertaining. . . . [His poems] are also among the most generous poems written today, the most worthy of attention and pleasurable."--Pleiades "Compulsively readable. . . . The poems and language in Selfish are exuberant, overflowing with vim and wit."--Southern Humanities Review Albert Goldbarth has amassed a body of work as substantial and intelligent as that of anyone in his generation. Harvard Review Albert Goldbarth just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages. The Georgia Review Albert Goldbarth is a major poet: brilliant, moving, and wildly entertaining. . . . [His poems] are also among the most generous poems written today, the most worthy of attention and pleasurable. Pleiades Compulsively readable. . . . The poems and language in Selfish are exuberant, overflowing with vim and wit. Southern Humanities Review " Albert Goldbarth has amassed a body of work as substantial and intelligent as that of anyone in his generation. "Harvard Review" Albert Goldbarth just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages. "The Georgia Review" Compulsively readable. . . . The poems and language in "Selfish "are exuberant, overflowing with vim and wit. " Southern Humanities Review "" Praise for Albert Goldbarth "Albert Goldbarth has amassed a body of work as substantial and intelligent as that of anyone in his generation." --"Harvard Review ""Albert Goldbarth just may be the American poet of his generation for the ages." --"The Georgia Review"

In his latest collection, the widely lauded poet Albert Goldbarth explores all things selfish. Or should that be, 'self-ish'? Widening the remit of critical thinking around what the UK press has deemed, 'selfie culture,' Goldbarth discusses the modern obsession with ancestry, with understanding our own brain chemistry and with knowing by heart and being able to repeat our phone numbers and job titles. Goldbarth posits that taking photographs of ourselves is not the only example of modern self-interest, and gently and humorously examines all the other examples.