A selection of recent poems by a poet of whom James Schuyler wrote: "Wit is never distant from the scenes he invents, a metaphysical wit suggestive of Marvell, and one that is not satirical but informed with pity. His joy in words, and the things words adumbrate, is infectious … enlightenment. To me, he is the most stimulating poet of his generation."

The Nearness of the Way You Look Tonight (Adventures in Poetry)

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North, Charles

Poetry

Adventures in Poetry

The Wandering Islander; Or, the History of Mr. Charles North [By C.H. Wilson].

Wilson, Charles Henry

History

Nabu Press

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Poetry. Charles North is the quintessential poet's poet. James Schuyler confidently named him "the most stimulating poet of his generation," while Harry Mathews possibly took it one step further to claim that Charles "belongs on the summit of our American Parnassus." To claim that Charles North is a cornerstone in the home of contemporary American poetry would not be an exaggeration. In EVERYTHING AND OTHER POEMS, his twelfth collection, the trademarks of Charles' poetry shine with an earnestness, ambition, intellect, and his modest sense of humor, capturing the many-faceted lives we lead. For example, in the 26-page-long title poem "Everything," we watch as the poet's mind, like a river, flows past, around, and lifts up the detritus of his imagination: books, movies, paintings, cartoons, animals, the silent letter "e," death, the moon, the weather, the rhythms, sounds, questions and textures of life itself. Prose poems, long-form poems, studies for poems, lists, plus a game of cat and mouse with some French Symbolists, North is at the top of his game in this collection. If anything, with a career spanning over 40 years, this book proves North to be the poet of, well, everything.

Everything and Other Poems

The Song Cave

Nonfiction. "What distinguishes these essays and reviews is Charles North's generosity of spirit and an intelligence that never outsmarts its subject but is there to serve it and the reader. You finish one of North's lucid essays and you want to read the poems or look at the pictures for yourself. This is criticism by a writer unafraid of his own enthusiasms who writes as if taking part in an ongoing conversation. After this book, when you next read the poems of James Schuyler or look at the work of Richard Tuttle, Charles North will be by your side. This is a wonderful book" -William Corbett

No Other Way: Selected Prose

History & Criticism

Hanging Loose Press

Poetry. WHAT IT IS LIKE is the definitive selection of adventurous work by the man James Schuyler called "the most stimulating poet of his generation." "The challenge of writing about the sensual qualities of New York City which seems so tired, by North's pen becomes transcendent again. And that's only one of the things his poetry accomplishes. He is witty when wit seems all but lost, gorgeous when gorgeousness is supposed to have crawled off to wherever Frank O'Hara's odes come from"—Ange Mlinko.

What It Is Like: New and Selected Poems

Turtle Point Press

Literary Nonfiction. Essays. Poetry. "'From just about every angle, poetry is much richer and messier,' Charles North observes, 'than many on the outside would have it.' Throughout this gathering of over three decades' worth of criticism North combines an insider's knowledge of what really matters in poetry with an enviable ability to communicate his enthusiasms and discoveries in lucid, compelling terms. Urbane, witty, never afraid to challenge received wisdom, North is an ideal guide to the immeasurable surprises lurking in the poetry of both the canonical and the overlooked. This exemplary volume presents the deeply pondered responses of a poet- critic who understands intellectually and viscerally the state of his art, and the complex interplay the best poetry develops between ideas and feelings, between richness and mess."— Mark Ford "North staunchly defies received ideas about 'why poetry matters,' displaying a with no less passionate for being fueled by skepticism. At one point he asks, 'Is poetics conceivably more exciting than poetry?' By the time we get to the question, we've been primed already by generous samplings from the poetry of James Schuyler, Barbara Guest, Joseph Ceravolo, David Schubert, Frank O'Hara, Elizabeth Bishop, and John Ashberry, among others. North's readings of works by fellow poets and artists are vital in their celebration of disjunction and their refusal to approach the works via interpretation, reminding us that poetry is, after all, inexhaustible."—Mónica de la Torre

States Of The Art: Selected Essays, Interviews, and Other Prose, 1975-2014

Essays & Correspondence

Pressed Wafer

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The Nearness of the Way You Look Tonight (Adventures in Poetry)

The Wandering Islander; Or, the History of Mr. Charles North [By C.H. Wilson].

The Wandering Islander; Or, the History of Mr. Charles North [By C.H. Wilson].

The Stock Market (Dollars and Sense: A Guide to Financial Literacy)

The Stock Market: (Dollars and Sense: a Guide to Financial Literacy)

Everything and Other Poems

No Other Way: Selected Prose

What It Is Like: New and Selected Poems

States Of The Art: Selected Essays, Interviews, and Other Prose, 1975-2014