News and Other Poems

David Citino is the author of twelve volumes of poetry, including the National Book Critics Circle Notable Book, Broken Symmetry. He is the contributing editor of The Eye of the Poet: Six Views of the Art and Craft of Poetry. His poems have appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including The Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, The Southern Review, and Threepenny Review. Citino is professor of English and creative writing and Poet Laureate at Ohio State University.

"At times keenly empathetic ('Ode to Billy Dove'), and often irreverent ('Funding the Dead'), Citino's intense observations and wit yield irresistible poems." —ForeWord"This is a surprising book, given as it is to its tonally bright, aghast/funny treatment of 'the news,' wittily daring to close that oft-quoted schism between news and poetry in its short-sentenced, flabbergasted, tight-stanza'd mode of attack-beyond the spirit of play at work, it also has the capacity to be heartbreaking."—Poetry International"Citino presents a fun and insightful take on whatever curious moments inspire him from the world at large. He does this marveloulsy, walking a tight line between fact and fancy. It stands out among the recent poetry books as something new and interesting, and as proof that poetry can come from anywhere." —The Adirondack Review