Jeffrey Twitchell-Waas is the editor of Z-site: A Companion to the Works of Louis Zukofsky and an occasional translator of contemporary Chinese poetry, including Original: Chinese Language Poetry Group. Mark Scroggins is the author of several books of poetry and the author and editor of multiple books about Louis Zukofsky, including The Poem of a Life: A Biography of Louis Zukofsky.
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"Readers of Zukofsky have been waiting a long time for this book, which presents uncollected poetry, prose, and drama by a modern master. The essays, in particular, shed new light on Zukofsky's insights into the modernist poets and his hopes regarding the peers he deemed 'Objectivists.'"--Stephen Fredman, editor of How Long Is the Present: Selected Talk Poems of David Antin "Twitchell-Waas and Scroggins have produced a sparkling collection of Zukofsky's uncollected work that is a delight to ear, heart, taste, and intellect: a feast for old and new lovers of one of the greatest American second-wave modernist poets. Because Zukofsky was such a controlling craftsperson, this book is a delightful romp through his back pages, his second thoughts, his private workshop. It doesn't feel like a miscellany of archival finds: it is compelling throughout."--Charles Bernstein, author of The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies