The Obvious (New Issues Poetry & Prose) - Softcover

"In Bradley Paul's poems, the reader hears someone odd, unlikely, and, to a large extent, unknowable, speaking in reasoned tones about unreasonable things. The dramas are neither picturesque stories nor familiar tales about self revelation. They don't work within the by-now familiar patterns of poetry. In locating the speaker in words, rather than placing him (or her) in stories, Paul compels the reader to contemplate whether words lead one to knowing someone else or to recognizing further mysteries. Perhaps, as Paul's poems suggest, it (and we) are always somewhere in between; and perhaps language's purpose isn't to tell but to entrance, delight, and undermine."--John Yau "Boston Review"

Poetry. "With a sublime palette that ranges from Zen simplicity to elegant diction, Bradley Paul reveals the internal life of things. How refreshing to behold the beauty of THE OBVIOUS"--D.A. Powell. "In Bradley Paul's poems, the reader hears someone odd, unlikely, and, to a large extent, unknowable, speaking in reasoned tones about unreasonable things.Paul compels the reader to contemplate whether words lead one to knowing someone else or to recognizing futher mysteries"-John Yau.