D.A. Powell
Reading and launch celebration for Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys (Graywolf Press, $22).
In Powell’s fifth book, the rollicking line he has made his signature becomes the taut, more discursive means to describing beauty, singing a dirge, directing an ironic smile, or questioning who in any given setting is the master and who is the pupil. With witty banter, emotional resolve, and powerful lyricism, this collection demonstrates Powell's exhilarating range.
D.A. Powell is the author of five collections of poetry including Tea, Lunch, Cocktails, and Chronic, winner of the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the 2009 Northern California Book Award and the 2009 California Book Award. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Powell teaches at USF.
