Quartets

"The relationship between poetry and music is often stated, rarely made clear. In these quartets of Lurie's, it's inescapable and very strong. Meant to be read aloud, they open up even in a silent reading, to stun the reader's mind with voices sounding and re-sounding in plotted, dizzying exchanges. Shades of Stein, Mac Low, Zukofsky -- to which he adds his own rotating and serial measure, in the service of our ears and minds!" -- Jerome Rothenberg