Void of Course
Void of Course by Jim Carroll is a collection of poetry published by Penguin on October 1, 1998. This first edition spans 128 pages and is presented in English. The book features work composed over the last two years, showcasing Carroll’s exploration of themes such as love, friendship, desire, time, and memory, all set against the backdrop of an ever-present city.
Readers will find a diverse range of seventy-seven poems, including graphic and sensuous shorter pieces, edgy stream-of-consciousness prose poems, and longer contemplative works like “While She’s Gone,” which delves into the complexities of longing for a departed lover. The collection captures an atmosphere where dream and reality intertwine, reflecting Carroll’s enduring power and vision in contemporary American poetry.
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In 1973, at the age of twenty-three, Jim Carroll burst upon the poetry scene with his first collection, Living at the Movies, a book of vivid and inventive verse that won him comparisons to everyone from Arthur Rimbaud to Frank O’Hara.
Carroll’s first new book of poetry in more than a decade, Void of Course presents work composed over the last two years. His major themes–love, friendship, desire, time and memory, and, above all, the ever-present city–emerge in an atmosphere where dream and reality mingle on equal terms. These seventy-seven poems range from graphic, sensuous shorter pieces to edgy stream-of-consciousness prose poems to longer, more contemplative works such as “While She’s Gone,” an eerie tour de force of longing over a departed lover. Void of Course establishes that Carroll’s power and purity of vision are stronger than ever.
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