<p>The seventeenth book of verse from one of America’s finest and most acclaimed contemporary poets—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.</p><p>Capturing his inimitable voice—provocative, amusing, understated, and riotous all at once—the poems in<em>Dome of the Hidden Pavilion</em> demonstrate James Tate at his finest. Innovative and fresh, they range in subject from a talking blob to a sobering reminiscence of a war and its aftereffects.</p><p>Though they are diverse in scope, a theme of dialogue and communication—and often miscommunication—links these poems. Accessible yet subtly surrealist, filled with dark wit, dry humor, and a deceptive simplicity,<em>Dome of the Hidden Pavilion</em> confirms Tate’s continuing relevance as one of the most celebrated American poets of the modern age.</p>