| Science and Steepleflower: Poetry Contributor(s): Gander, Forrest (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811213811 ISBN-13: 9780811213813 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 1998 Annotation: A breakthrough book for award-winning poet Forrest Gander, whose richness of language and undaunted lyric passion place him in traditions ranging from Emily Dickinson to Michael Ondaatje. His poems in leading journals plumb the erotic depths of human interaction with the land. The poems in SCIENCE & STEEPLEFLOWER test this relationship with what PUBLISHERS WEEKLY has called "an inbred (and often haunting) spirituality", bringing us to new vistas of linguistic and perceptive grace. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 97036062 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.2" W x 7.94" (0.44 lbs) 88 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: His poetry has been called desperately beautiful by Thom Gunn in Agni Review, and original and fascinating by John Ashbery. With poems in the leading journals of the day -- American Poetry Review, Grand Street, Conjunctions, The Boston Review, to name just a few -- Gander plumbs the erotic depths of human interaction with the land. The poems in Science & Steepleflower test this relationship with what Publisher's Weekly has called an inbred (and often haunting) spirituality, bringing us to new vistas of linguistic and perceptive grace. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gander, Forrest: - Forrest Gander was born in the Mojave Desert and grew up in Virginia. In addition to writing poetry, he has translated works by Coral Bracho, Alfonso D'Aquino, Pura Lopez-Colome, Pablo Neruda, and Jaime Saenz. The recipient of grants from the Library of Congress, the Guggenheim, Howard, Whiting, and United States Artists Foundations, he taught for many years as the AK Seaver Professor of Literary Arts & Comparative Literature at Brown University. |