"Green light" SIGNED EDITION Matthew McConaughey first edition Hardcover – January 1, 2020

Wallace Stevens replaces God with poetry itself. Matthew Rohrer replaces God with "drinking and being exceptionally social and not working." Self-deprecating, carnal, tongue-in-cheek remarks like these suffuse A Green Light and balance perfectly the almost constant revelations of sense, self, and time. Rohrer succeeds completely in elevating—in sanctifying—the quotidian and even the profane. In "Catechism," a professor sneaks holy water out of a church and pours it into the ocean. He then informs his bishop that "all the world's water [is] holy now." Rohrer is a master meaning-maker and, like James Joyce and the Chasidic mystics, initiates us into the secret processes of acquiring Heideggerian presence. Every nuance of consciousness is subject to scrutiny in A Green Light: the way humans and animals categorize sensory data and mental experiences, the way people project their own emotions and outlooks onto others and onto inanimate objects, the awareness of time and fashion's contingencies. This is a miraculous collection of poems—a unified, calm, extremely funny, religious, sparkling book.

became aware of an excited feeling at the end of each page of this book where i would pick up my iphone and start to take a picture of what i had just read to share it with people on the internet. at some point i realized that people on the internet would maybe not appreciate iphone photos of every page of this book but i still wanted everyone to read the whole thing so i am writing this review.

missing outer cover and not signed as advertised. was left in mailbox, not handed to resident as stated in tracking

There is no poet speaking the same language as Matthew Rohrer, subtle, powerful, engmatic, elegant. His voice is entirely distinctive and I am very surprised to be the only person reviewing this book of poetry so far, and it was published in 2004. What gives?"But what good is the incantationagainst an Empire?The answer is on the other sideof the Moon we're not supposed to see."

I've only read the first chapter so far. It's so good. It's not like any other self help type book I've ever read. I can't wait to read more. Then go back and highlight parts of it and take notes. Yes, it's that good.

This is supposed to be a signed copy. It came from an address in San Jose. I have a sick feeling that I paid all this money and I have been duped. No certificate of authenticity. This is supposed to be a graduation gift for my grandson and I think I have been scammed.

Not what I wanted. Wrong author.

Didn't purchase due to price