Sun Bear [Paperback]

Zapruder's poems don't merely attempt beauty; they attain it. —The Boston Review

Matthew Zapruder has a razor eye for the remnants and revenants of modern culture. —The New York Times

With dynamic, logically complex sentences, Zapruder posits a world that is both extraordinary and refreshingly ordinary. —BOMB

Matthew Zapruder's poems begin in the faint inkling, in the bloom of thought, and then unfold into wide-reaching meditations on what it means to live in the contemporary moment, among plastic, statistics, and diet soda. Written in a direct, conversational style, the poems inSun Beardisplay full-force why Zapruder is one of the most popular poets in America.

From I Drink Bronze Light :

Matthew Zapruderis a poet, translator, and editor at Wave Books. He is the author of three collections of poetry, and his bookThe Pajamaistwon the William Carlos Williams Award. His poems, essays, and translations have appeared in many publications, includingBOMB,Harvard Review,Paris Review, theNew Yorker,McSweeney's, and theBeliever. He lives in San Francisco, California.