Dome of the Hidden Pavilion

The seventeenth book of verse from one of Americas finest and most acclaimed contemporary poetswinner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Capturing his inimitable voiceprovocative, amusing, understated, and riotous all at oncethe poems in Dome of the Hidden Pavilion demonstrate James Tate at his finest. Innovative and fresh, they range in subject from a talking blob to a sobering reminiscence of a war and its aftereffects. Though they are diverse in scope, a theme of dialogue and communicationand often miscommunicationlinks these poems. Accessible yet subtly surrealist, filled with dark wit, dry humor, and a deceptive simplicity, Dome of the Hidden Pavilion confirms Tates continuing relevance as one of the most celebrated American poets of the modern age.