| From the Still Empty Grave: Collected Poems Contributor(s): Stevens, A. Wilbur (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874172721 ISBN-13: 9780874172720 Publisher: University of Nevada Press OUR PRICE: $11.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1995 Annotation: Poetry, to Wilber Stevens, is a way of seeing things, of focusing our attention on the awesome dimensions of being alive. In this masterful collection of recent and older poems, Stevens explores the connections between place and experience, life and death, and the quotidian worlds of work, pain, and loss. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 95016360 |
| Series: Western Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.55" W x 8.53" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Nevada |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this masterful collection of poems, Las Vegas poet Stevens explores the complex connections between life and death, place and experience, the world of books, and the quotidian world of work, pain, and loss. Stevens' poems reflect an experience as vast as the world itself. His attention moves from Burma, where he records the corruption of that nation's ancient Buddhist ideals, to Idaho, where nature--not politics--pursues us. These poems also explore the tenuous relationships between man and nature in a vast range of environments. A sense of place dominates this work, but in his poems we learn that one can never settle down, never ignore the presence of the mysterious that permeates all mundanities, never deny the sacred partner to our ephemeral mischief. |