Moments of Delicate Balance
David Lee author William Kloefkorn author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Wings Press
Published:30th Nov '11
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A collection featuring the works of two renowned poet laureates, William Kloefkorn and David Lee, this volume offers an intelligent introspection to rural life. Truly western writers in love with the land, both poets bring their highly literate acumen to bear upon both the mundane and the magnificent. Reflective, irreverent, and funny, this compilation also plays with the idea of balance—past and future, lyric and narrative, life and death.
“No question, this book is rich: two fine collections published together. . . . Together, both show us what joy vitality and fine storytelling can bring us. And I don’t think anyone—not even William Carlos Williams—has had a better sense of line than theirs.”—James Hoggard, author, Triangles of Light
“This is a book chock full of tenderness without sentimentality, laughter without derision, wisdom without sanctimony. And don’t even get me started on the sheer music you’ll be hearing; these guys are pitch-perfect contemporary American virtuosos.” —David Clewell, Poet Laureate of Missouri
“Bill Kloefkorn’s poems are like meditations. . . . And the poems of David Lee: nobody has a better ear for the telling colloquial speech than David Lee does, not even Cormac McCarthy or Flannery O’Connor. It’s just about impossible to get it right, words and tone and all, the way David Lee does.”—Kent Haruf, author, Eventide
ISBN: 9780916727789
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 281g
176 pages