A Martian Muse

Further Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-472-05097-0
Verlag: University of Michigan Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

This title is National Book Critics Circle Award finalist's posthumous volume of critical essays. Those who have read ""Orpheus in the Bronx"", Reginald Shepherd's previous collection of essays about the act of creating poetry, and those who take on the task, can immediately understand why it was a national finalist for a prestigious National Book Critics Circle Award. Shepherd was candid and disarming, practical and funny, able to mix thoughts about the Transformers with the realities of growing up poor. This is Reginald Shepherd's final opportunity to speak his mind about the craft he loved, the art of using words to express the soul and the wit of every person's experience. Edited by Shepherd's longtime partner and intellectual confidant, Robert Philen, ""A Martian Muse"" stands as a final monument to a master in the craft, but is also a readable, important work in its own right.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shepherd, Reginald

Philen, Robert

Über Autor(innen)

Reginald Shepherd's fourth collection, Otherhood, was published in 2003. His first book, Some Are Drowning, won the 1993 AWP Award in Poetry. He has received grants from the NEA and the Illinois Arts Council, among other awards and honors. He currently lives with his partner in Pensacola, Florida.