Poetry. Literary Nonfiction. Literary Criticism. Including selected poems from Charles North, Tony Towle and Paul Violi. Edited and with commentary by Andrew McCarron. With a foreword by John Koethe. What is the shape of a life dedicated to poetry--and how, and from where, does such a dedication take hold? Moreover is that foundation a matter of decision, necessity and/or "grace"--or all three to degrees--and what are its costs? Combined with a selection of poems from these three distinguished poets, who together form a core of the Second Generation of New York School poets, Andrew McCarron pursues these questions, and more, through a series of biographical essays addressing each poet's life story and psychological complexion-and what critical insights such gleanings might lead. The poetry alone of North, Towle and Violi--exact in its execution and wide in its--is of enduring value and utility; juxtaposed with and in part seen through McCarron's exegeses, these qualities assume a poignancy that seems to lead us further into an examination of our human fate and of what it's all about: or as Towle writes, "in between the great saga of America, / lying like a lost nickel in New York's platonic gutter." As long as interest in the New York School holds--and in fact continues to grow--THREE NEW YORK POETS will remain an essential guide.
| ISBN: | 9781581771466 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Mccarron, Andrew |
| Verlag: | Station Hill Press |
| Veröffentlicht: | 16.10.2015 |
| Untertitel: | Charles North, Tony Towle, Paul Violi |
Andrew McCarron is a poet, teacher, and hagiographer born and raised in the Hudson River Valley. He holds a Ph.D. in Social/Personality Psychology and currently runs the Religion, Philosophy & Ethics Department at Trinity School in Manhattan. His first collection of poetry, Mysterium, was published by Edgewise Press in 2011, and Light Come Shining: The Transformations of Bob Dylan, a study of the Nobel Laureate's religious identities, published by Oxford University Press in 2016. John Koethe is distinguished professor of philosophy emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the first Poet Laureate of Milwaukee. His collections include Falling Water, which won the Kingsley-Tufts Award, North Point North, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Ninety-fifth Street, winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize. He received a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2011.