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Mr. Z., Mrs. Z., J.Z., S.Z.

Ugly Duckling Presse, 2011

 

 

Barney and Gienka

CW Books, 2010

Further Adventures of My Nose

Ugly Duckling Presse, 2008

Out of print.You can read an online version at Ugly Duckling Presse

 

The Hat City after Men Stopped Wearing Hats

WordWorks, 2006

 

Watching Cartoons Before Attending a Funeral

White Pine Press, 2003

 

 

 

 

  To get Uncharted Seas, a CD of original songs by John's son, also John Surowiecki (confusing, isn't it?), go to johnsuro.com

 

Mr. Z., Mrs. Z., J.Z., S.Z.

 

A compilation of poems about the Z. family from John’s three books; contains original poems as well, including "Playing Miniature Golf with J.Z. after Helen Left Him for a Merchant Marine: A Poem in Eighteen Holes."

 

 

Barney and Gienka

 

 “…John Surowiecki takes the gyroscope of illness and sets it to a slow, sad spin that is both beautiful and wrenching.”–Sandra Beasley

 

 

Further Adventures of My Nose

 

Winner of the Poetry Foundation's first

Verse Drama Prize

 

“…juxtaposition of the ridiculous, the sorrowful, and the profound…” –Jessica Winter

 

 

The Hat City After Men Stopped Wearing Hats

 

“We read Suroweicki’s poems and are necessarily bewitched… ” –George Drew

 

 

Watching Cartoons before Attending a Funeral

 

“He 'lowers a lens' and we see what has been there all along, so self-evident yet willfully avoided” –C.D. Wright

 

 

 

 

You can also order books directly from the author:

j.surowiecki@sbcglobal.net