Kevin Pilkington

Broschiertes Buch

The Unemployed Man Who Became a Tree

Beschreibung

Poetry. These are Manhattan poems, down-and-out poems, looking-for-a-job poems, regarding the world from a street corner poems. "In this rich collection of tender poems, [Pilkington] celebrates the small consolations of daily life that offer spiritual relief in the face of disappointment and loss."--Jim Daniels

Autor

Kevin Pilkington's poetry collection, Spare Change (1997) won the La Jolla Poets Press National Book Award, Ready to Eat the Sky (River City Press, 2004) was a finalist for an Independent Publishers Books Award and his chapbook, Getting By, was awarded the Ledge Poetry Prize. He is also the author of IN THE EYES OF A DOG (NYQ Books, 2009) and THE UNEMPLOYED MAN WHO BECAME A TREE (Black Lawrence Press, 2011). His poems have appeared in many anthologies including Birthday Poems: A Celebration, Western Wind, Contemporary Poetry of New England and a wide variety of journals, including The New York Quarterly, Poetry, Ploughshares, Iowa Review, Boston Review, Yankee, Columbia, Greensboro Review, and The Valparaiso Review. A four-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he is a member of the full-time writing faculty at Sarah Lawrence College and teaches a workshop in the graduate program at Manhattanville College.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Black Lawrence Press
• Seitenzahl: 70
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 142mm x 5mm
• Gewicht: 132g
• ISBN-13: 9780982636466
• ISBN-10: 0982636466
• Artikelnr.: 30524298