The standing wave : poems / Gabriel Spera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spera, Gabriel, 1966-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

National poetry series

The national poetry series

Language:

English

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix, 79 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Perennial, [2003]

Summary:

An exciting first collection of poetry from an emerging talent, Gabriel Spera's The Standing Wave was a winner of the 2002 National Poetry Series Open Competition, selected by esteemed poet and editor of the Southern Review, Dave Smith.

In his citation from the National Poetry Series, Dave Smith wrote of The Standing Wave:

"This poet is a new and exciting voice, diverse in subjects and rich in perspectives, yet withal fully mature, experienced in both the world and the poem's ways of enacting. The Standing Wave reveals a keen intelligence whose supple engagement with crisis and joy alike evokes total confidence from the first line to the last. I'll be pleased to lean on friends to take up this wonderful collection for I think it promises and delivers what we want from poetry, the sound of that human voice which compels total attention."

ISBN:

0060541822

OCLC:

51305648