Superfecta Author:Clay Matthews SUPERFECTA examines our relation to time and memory with surprising energy and consistent empathy. The tension between systems and chance connects Clay Matthews' poems, balanced as they are between the abstractions of symbol and the immediacy of language. For Matthews, there is a thin line dividing the body's physicality and the wonder of the mi... more »nd, where 'The cartography of a rat is the same for all species/ in that it is always a map of the unknown.' Matthews writes about our desire to identify mythos in everyday experience, and celebrates when it's discovered amid our anxious and uncertain place in history. If you like poetry, you must read this book by a young writer of exceptional talent. Clay's poems are well-crafted, incisive, and worthy of your attention. They make me look forward to his future books with great anticipation. Ai, author of Dread (w.w. Norton & Co.) and Vice (winner of the National Book Award, w.w. Norton & Co.)« less