As If NOVELTY-NOVELTY Pale Rider is not just

Pale Rider is not just an excavation but a reimagining of the past' Guardian

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invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings

a talking parrot and the continuing promise of romance for Donna and Joe’

As If NOVELTY-NOVELTY Pale Rider is not justA 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 . . .