Mayakovsky's Revolver: Poems (Paperback)

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From a dazzling, award-winning young poet, a collection that paints life as a celebration in the dark.


At the center of Mayakovsky’s Revolver is the suicide of Matthew Dickman’s older brother. “Known for poems of universality of feeling, expressive lyricism of reflection, and heartrending allure” (Major Jackson), Dickman is a powerful poet whose new collection explores how to persevere in the wake of grief.



from “Mayakovsky’s Revolver”



I keep thinking about the way

blackberries will make the mouth

of an eight year old look like he’s a ghost

that’s been shot in the face. In the dark I can see

my older brother walking through the tall brush

of his brain. I can see him standing

in the lobby of the hotel,

alone, crying along with the ice machine.

About the Author


Matthew Dickman is the award-winning author of Wonderland, Mayakovsky’s Revolver, and All-American Poem, winner of the May Sarton Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He lives in Portland, Oregon.


Product Details
ISBN: 9780393348798
ISBN-10: 0393348792
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date: May 5th, 2014
Pages: 104
Language: English