Trébuchet is the much-anticipated follow-up to Danniel Schoonebeek’s debut book of poems, American Barricade, which was named one of 2014’s ten best books of poetry by Poets &amp; Writers and hailed as a “groundbreaking first book that stands to influence its author’s generation” by Boston Review.
The poems in Trébuchet―which takes its name from the catapult used to break down walls and barriers during medieval wars―are at once combative and incendiary, tackling contemporary politics in a more direct, personal way than Schoonebeek ever has before. Addressing gun violence, poverty, fascism, surveillance, white privilege, the protest movement, censorship, American history, torture, and net neutrality, Schoonebeek’s writing is marked by a unique use of slang and jargon, manipulation of white space, and precise rhythm on the page. His poems have been praised by many critics for their momentum, obsession with weird language, and the precision of their enjambments and end-stopped lines.
Though American Barricade and Trébuchet speak to one another and map an evolving poetics, Schoonebeek’s second collection is a departure from the aesthetics and obsessions that defined his first, which was invested in the politics of family dynamics and the insistence in this country on obtaining power and wealth. If American Barricade was the book that wanted to kick open the door, Trébuchet is the book that wants to tear the door off its hinges.

Trébuchet: Poems (The National Poetry)

Literature & Fiction

Schoonebeek, Danniel

Poetry

University of Georgia Press

Poetry. Nonfiction. Travel Writing. "Danniel's written a travel book that doesn't move in a way. Danniel is—his poetness, his despair, his glory, all while moving around futilely in America, in the absence of labor and landscape, within the spaciousness of writing and time. How is this book so readable when nothing and everything happens? Because his C'EST LA GUERRE counts."—Eileen Myles "Danniel Schoonebeek is a marvelous poet, whose journeying inscriptions have the intimacy of a diary and the monumentality of an epic. Each sentence is hewn, carved, constructed—yet also idiomatically sinuous and surprising at every turn. He truly believes in poetry, not as a cause, or as a source of happiness, but as a navigational system, a method of breathing. The heart that beats in C'EST LA GUERRE could save the world."—Wayne Koestenbaum

C'est la guerre

Poor Claudia

Poetry. "The debut of a fierce talent and vision."—Maggie Nelson "With its limitless invention, emotional force, and profound social relevance, American Barricade is a groundbreaking first book and stands to influence the aesthetic disposition of its author's generation."—Boston Review "Explosively and assiduously crafted."—C.D. Wright "A bold, ambitious, unforgettable debut from one of our most exciting young poets."—Timothy Donnelly

American Barricade

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Trébuchet: Poems (The National Poetry)

C'est la guerre

American Barricade