Present Vanishing
Poems
Will be published approx. on 13. November 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-932511-64-2 (ISBN)
Description
Present Vanishing is a book where East and West meet, where Zen contends with social satire, often on the playing fields of American landscapes. In Dick Allen's new poems, almost every word is a search for calm in the midst of contemporary chaos. Paradox is everywhere: the present vanishes, even as it unscrolls before us.
Author of six previous poetry collections, Dick Allen has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. He is also the recipient of the Robert Frost Prize for Poetry and the Hart Crane Poetry Prize. He recently retired from his position at the University of Bridgeport and lives in Trumbull, Connecticut.
Author of six previous poetry collections, Dick Allen has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. He is also the recipient of the Robert Frost Prize for Poetry and the Hart Crane Poetry Prize. He recently retired from his position at the University of Bridgeport and lives in Trumbull, Connecticut.
Reviews / Votes
Will submit for review at Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, The New York Times Book Review, The New Criterion, and to various places where Allen has been published, including Poetry, The Hudson Review, The Sewanee Review, Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, and Agni. Will also try Buddist venues, such as Tricycle, Tikkum, The Sun, and Utne.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Louisville
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
2495 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-932511-64-2 (9781932511642)
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Person
Author of six previous poetry collections, Dick Allen has received poetry writing fellowships from the NEA, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, as well as the Robert Frost Prize for Poetry and The Hart Crane Poetry Prize. He recently retired from his position as Charles A. Dana Endowed Chair Professor at the University of Bridgeport.