Christopher Sunset

By Geoffrey Nutter Description Reviews Poetry as a complete reinvention of the known world, converting acts of attention into rituals of quietly unfolding spectacle. Bearing the visionary inheritance of ancient Chinese poets and early 20th century painters, Geoffrey Nutter casts a penetrating light into the colorfully shifting landscapes of modern existence. Christopher Sunset is a “correct and masterly play of forms in light,” reinvigorating the architecture of society’s captive and captivating imagination.Winner of the 2011 Sheila Motton Book Award Christopher Sunset gives its readers many reasons to read and reread, especially those readers who glory in the imagination’s ability to enrich the phenomenal world. Dan Chelotti, The Kenyon ReviewA keen-eyed guide, Nutter has a gift for logging details as he trips out his long sentences in clipped lines. A confidential tone and intriguing observations hook you. The flotsam cataloged in “Electricity” is all too real. But “Broke