Touch Wood by Albert Mobilio
"The heir to Modernism at its most terse and most oblique, Mobilio works line and sound forcefully together, managing amazingly acrobatic moves. With an eye for the monumental incidental, he winds through ekphrastic gesture and an eccentric abecedarium to give us a tour of the contemporary that’s quick, vivid, and wry almost to the point of irony—but not quite. Instead, he sticks with the tenacious questions, probing the slim abysses between a life’s well-oiled parts. It’s delightful, witty, and deeply moving all at once." -Cole Swenson
Albert Mobilio is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award. His work has appeared in Harper’s, the Village Voice, Grand Street, Black Clock, BOMB, Cabinet, Talisman, and Tin House. Books of poetry include Bendable Siege, The Geographics, and Me With Animal Towering. He is an assistant professor of literary studies at the New School’s Eugene Lang College and is an editor of Bookforum.
"The heir to Modernism at its most terse and most oblique, Mobilio works line and sound forcefully together, managing amazingly acrobatic moves. With an eye for the monumental incidental, he winds through ekphrastic gesture and an eccentric abecedarium to give us a tour of the contemporary that’s quick, vivid, and wry almost to the point of irony—but not quite. Instead, he sticks with the tenacious questions, probing the slim abysses between a life’s well-oiled parts. It’s delightful, witty, and deeply moving all at once." -Cole Swenson
Albert Mobilio is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award. His work has appeared in Harper’s, the Village Voice, Grand Street, Black Clock, BOMB, Cabinet, Talisman, and Tin House. Books of poetry include Bendable Siege, The Geographics, and Me With Animal Towering. He is an assistant professor of literary studies at the New School’s Eugene Lang College and is an editor of Bookforum.
"The heir to Modernism at its most terse and most oblique, Mobilio works line and sound forcefully together, managing amazingly acrobatic moves. With an eye for the monumental incidental, he winds through ekphrastic gesture and an eccentric abecedarium to give us a tour of the contemporary that’s quick, vivid, and wry almost to the point of irony—but not quite. Instead, he sticks with the tenacious questions, probing the slim abysses between a life’s well-oiled parts. It’s delightful, witty, and deeply moving all at once." -Cole Swenson
Albert Mobilio is the recipient of a Whiting Writers’ Award. His work has appeared in Harper’s, the Village Voice, Grand Street, Black Clock, BOMB, Cabinet, Talisman, and Tin House. Books of poetry include Bendable Siege, The Geographics, and Me With Animal Towering. He is an assistant professor of literary studies at the New School’s Eugene Lang College and is an editor of Bookforum.