An Unpredictable Evening with August Kleinzahler May 21, 2008

August Kleinzahler's six books of poetry include The Strange Hours Travelers Keep, which won the 2004 Griffin International Poetry. His 2004 prose book, Cutty, One Rock: Low Characters and Strange Places, Gently Explained, was called a "masterpiece" by The Washington Post. From a New Jersey childhood as one of few Jews among many Italians, Kleinzahler has become a writer whose edgy, swaggering, and often hilarious work never fails to move us.

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