As If NOVELTY-NOVELTY and for almost forty years

and for almost forty years she's been looking for answers

the shallow side of the pool is the only side of the pool he treads water on

invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings

'Untamed will liberate women - emotionally

The left-hand pages are intentionally printed upside-down

As If NOVELTY-NOVELTY and for almost forty yearsA reissue of a celebrated collection of poems from James Richardson. James Richardsons poems concern humor, paradox, and nuanced perception of human interaction As If was originally selected by Amy Clampitt and published as part of the National Poetry Series. In Clampitts words: To discover a vocabulary and a syntax equal in precision to the micron and the nanosecond: such is the enterprise James Richardson calls on his readers to join . . .