The Final Nite (2nd Edition)

Winner of the 2007 PEN Oakland National Book Award, The Final Nite & Other Poems, Complete Notes from a Charles Gayle Notebook 1987-2006 chronicles, in verse, nearly two decades of work written while listening to live performances by the musician Charles Gayle. Including every poem written under these circumstances, the poems reflect, respond to, or incorporate elements of Gayle's music as well as his "speeches" and "sermons."This second edition includes a new introduction by Yuko Otomo.