Schomburg, Zachary: The Man Suit

The Man Suit by Zachary Schomburg (Black Ocean, paperback) Publication Date: March 1, 2007 Publisher Marketing: Poetry. THE MAN SUIT, a darkly comic debut from poet Zachary Schomburg, assembles a macabre cast of doppelgängers, talking animals and dead presidents in poems that explore concepts of identity, truth and fate. The resulting body of work walks a dynamic line—often reading like anecdotal fables or cautionary tales in the form of prose poems. Through it all, Schomburg balances irony with sincerity; wit with candor; and a playful tone with the knowledge of inevitable sorrow. "The often funny yet haunting prose and verse poems of this eagerly anticipated debut deal with the subtle and unexpected ways things can transform, usually just beneath an observer's awareness.... Schomburg may be one of the sincerest surrealists around."—Publishers Weekly"Zachary Schomburg is a wildly imaginative poet who will take you many places you've never been or even dreamed of, always with grace and