Songs for the Dancing Chicken

Emily Schultz

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In Songs for the Dancing Chicken, Emily Schultz's debut collection of poetry, the films and life of acclaimed director Werner Herzog become linguistic launch pads, jumping off points for subtle investigations into everyday life. Like her subject, Schultz uses hypnotic images to imbue that everyday life with profound insight.

While fans of Herzog will recognize the details of his amazing life and words from Grizzly Man, Fitzcarraldo, Stroszek, and Nosferatu, Schultz finds the intersection between Herzog's art and her own poetic voice with authority and verve.

Songs for the Dancing Chicken is part fan letter, part dark cultural translation, and much, much more.

Book Details

Publisher: Misfit Book
Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2007
Pages: 132
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 5.90in - 5.00in - 0.40in - 0.25lb
EAN: 9781550227697
Categories: • Film - General• American - General• Canadian

About the Author

Emily Schultz is the author of the novel Joyland and the short story collection Black Coffee Night. She is the former editor of This Magazine. Her poetry has been published in 18 different publications across Canada, including The Walrus. The Globe and Mail recently called her fiction "mesmerizing." Schultz lives in Toronto.

Praise for this book

"Schultz really hits her stride: she beautifully parades a fastidious, lyrical darkness that both subsumes and distances the reader . . . [She] has the ability to shock and stun in a very discreet manner." --"The Danforth Review"