WAKING BODIES
Will be published approx. on 16. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-59709-062-9 (ISBN)
Description
Yes, it's safe to go back to poetry. In fact, it's highly recommended, thanks to Rex Wilder and his engaging first book of poems. Waking Bodies has already been praised by luminaries as diverse as the metrical Richard Wilbur and the asymmetrical Billy Collins for its qualities of pure enjoyment. The highly popular Collins, a Two-Term Poet Laureate of the United States, says, "In Rex Wilder's poetry, the tired English of everyday use comes back to us refreshed and full of its original surprise. In a world glutted with poetry, that Wilder has found a new way to say the old things is a notable achievement."
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Language
English
Place of publication
Pasadena
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
136 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59709-062-9 (9781597090629)
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Rex Wilder's poems have appeared in publications such as Poetry, The New Republic, Yale Review, and The Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Waking Bodies, which takes "the tired English of everyday use" and brings it "back to us refreshed and full of its original surprise," according to Billy Collins. Wilder is editing an anthology called There and Back, featuring original boomerangs from a diverse range of poets around the world and a foreword by Richard Wilbur. He is the Chief Creative Strategist for Advertising for Humanity, a marketing firm specializing in charities and community foundations. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.