The Incognito Lounge [Paperback]

Raymond Carver said of The Incognito Lounge, Denis Johnsons third and most widely acclaimed book of verse: The subject matter is harrowingly convincing, is nothing less than a close examination of the darker side of human conduct. Why do we act this way? Johnson asks. How should we act? His best poems are examples of what the finest poetry can do: bring us closer to ourselves and at the same time put us in touch with something larger.

The Incognito Lounge was DENIS JOHNSON's third published book of verse. His poems have been collected in the Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millenium General Assembly. He is also the author of novels and collections of essays, short stories, and plays. Among his many awards are fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fund, The Whiting Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation.

ONE The Incognito Lounge White, White Collars Enough Night Heat The Boarding The Song The White Fires of Venus TWO Nude Vespers The Story Surreptitious Kissing From a Berkeley Notebook On the Olympic Peninsula A Woman Now THREE Ten Months After Turning Thirty In a Light of Other Lives For Jane Sway The Circle The Woman in the Moon The Flames FOUR Minutes The Coming of Age You Poem Radio Tomorrow The Confession of St. Jim-Ralph Passengers