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A bristling, invigorating new collection from the eminent American poet. Frederick Seidel declares 'I'm not as old as I used to be. I'm getting young.' In So What, he speeds across the island of Manhattan on his racetrack-only Superbike, hurtling into the tenth decade of his life and sixth decade of his extraordinary career. But the path from youth to old age has not been straightforward.

With a disarming combination of acuity and playfulness, the poet confronts his vulnerability while using his artfulness as a form of subversion. Rather than contemplating a return to childlike innocence, he writes, 'I explode with rage and age.' In doing so, he summons up a tidal surge full of shotguns and wristwatches, late-blooming love and sex, and stark glimpses of American life. At its crest stands the poet, looking over all this wreckage and creation, and he proclaims: so what.

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Publication: 14 Aug 2025, Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571395958

Extent: 160
pages

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      A bristling, invigorating new collection from the eminent American poet. Frederick Seidel declares 'I'm not as old as I used to be. I'm getting young.' In So What, he speeds across the island of Manhattan on his racetrack-only Superbike, hurtling into the tenth decade of his life and sixth decade of his extraordinary career. But the path from youth to old age has not been straightforward.

      With a disarming combination of acuity and playfulness, the poet confronts his vulnerability while using his artfulness as a form of subversion. Rather than contemplating a return to childlike innocence, he writes, 'I explode with rage and age.' In doing so, he summons up a tidal surge full of shotguns and wristwatches, late-blooming love and sex, and stark glimpses of American life. At its crest stands the poet, looking over all this wreckage and creation, and he proclaims: so what.

      Paperback 
      Publication: 14 Aug 2025, Faber & Faber
      ISBN: 9780571395958

      Extent: 160
      pages

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