* DeFrees was a nun for 38 years. Her tenure at the convent of the Holy Names has served as a recurring metaphor in her poems * This collection gathers 40 years of poetry into one volume. * She studied with some of the premier poets of last century, and taught legions of other younger poets. (She is revered as a caring, wise teacher.) *Convent allowed her a shelter of creative freedom ...
"Had Dr. Dolittle fathered a prodigious daughter, she might well be behind the bizarre and entertaining personae found on the pages of Lindsay's first-book bestiary…Lindsay's dark-edged, sometimes creepy poems are also imbued with a buoying sense of respect for the different, the unexpected and the challenging.... In work reminiscent of Amy Clampitt and of Albert Goldbarth, Lindsay weaves informed and moving lyric claims around sc ...
• A famous love story retold by a respected, well-published poet. • Beautifully packaged, “keepsakey” book. (Dare we say “A perfect Valentine’s Day book.”) • Affordably priced. ...
• Budbill’s previous poetry book Judevine sold 1500 copies in cloth and 5000 copies in paperback (0930031482, 1991). • Chelsea Green is reissuing and re-announcing Judevine in conjunction with the release of this book. • Budbill is also a playwright and a musician and regularly tours with stage presentations of his work. He will be performing these poems to music accompaniment in the Fall ‘99. ...
• Previous books include American Odalisque, August Zero, (OP) and Memory at these Speeds (CCP). Average sales: 1750 copies. • Other books include Working Time: Essays on Poetry, Culture, and Travel (1992, 0472064800, Univ. Of Michigan Poets on Poetry Series) and Black Holes, Black Stockings (Wesleyan Univ. Press, OP) • Recipient of Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA fellowship ...
Armored Hearts, combining new poems and a selection from previous volumes, offers the power of idiomatic narrative at its naked best. «It is refreshing to read a poet who is not obliquely vague, who tells a story cleanly and convincingly, and yet who will not close down mysterious and complicated things about life that simply defy such closure.»–Atlanta Journal-Constitution ...
T'ao Ch'ien, (365 – 427, C.E.), one of the most revered poets in classical Chinese literature, is presented in a lucid translation with an introduction. «David Hinton is one of the most impressive of the younger translators of classical Chinese poetry.... His renderings are varied and imaginative while remaining faithful to the spirit of the original.»–Burton Watson ...
"Marvin Bell has the largest heart since Walt Whitman."—Harvard Review "One of our finest and most acclaimed poets."—Booklist "Charged with making the darkness visible, Bell's 'Dead Man' sometimes glows with an eerily illuminating light."—Publishers Weekly Marvin Bell is one of America's great poets, and his legacy includes the invention of a startling poetic form called the «Dead ...
Name another American poet who has been honored with a limited edition replica of his race-car—“Dan Gerber’s 1965 Shelby R-Model” Gerber is an ordained Zen priest A previous Gerber poetry title received Foreword magazine's “Best Book of the Year” Award Gerber's work has appeared in many national publications, including The New Yorker; Poetry; Playboy; Sports Illustrated; The Nation ...
