David Shapiro's poetry--from his acclaimed 1965 debut January to the new poems debuting in this career-spanning collection--speaks with the resonance of a far-ranging erudition while simultaneously playing across the surface of American English with a musical sensibility unparalleled in contemporary verse. In this landmark volume, celebrating Shapiro’s 60th year and his 10th book-length volume of poetry, readers are presented with the breadth and depth of this iconoclastic poet's oeuvre for the first time in a single volume. Shapiro's poetry plumbs the ecstatic chaos of postmodern life with a voice that, in all its manifestations, remains simultaneously playful and lyric. Including the best of long out-of-print classics of such as Man Holding an Acoustic Panel and Lateness, this long-awaited tribute celebrates the impressive contribution of a New York poet whose intelligently experimental and intimately human verse has earned him a place in our national letters.