Life Supports: New and Collected Poems
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bronk, William / Canade, Eugene G., PUBLISHER: North Point Press, "This is an utterly compelling, harrowing and masterfully written body ong>ofong> poetry. Its publication is a major literary event". -- ong>Theong> Los Angeles Times Book Review ong>Theong> original edition ong>ofong> Life Supports, published in , was greeted as one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most significant literary ong>worksong> to appear in this country. Cited by ong>Theong> New York Times Book Review, as "one ong>ofong> our finest... poets", Bronk went on to win ong>theong> American Book Award and a reputation, in ong>theong> words ong>ofong> Kirkus Reviews, as "one ong>ofong> ong>theong> most solid and unfrivolous poets". Since ong>theong>n, ong>theong>re have been nine additional books, including a volume ong>ofong> ong>collectedong> essays Vectors and Smoothable Curves, which ong>theong> Los Angeles Times called "ong>theong> products ong>ofong> a unified sensibility in ong>theong> tradition ong>ofong> our most original prose stylists". Among writers ong>ofong> his generation, few are as esteemed by those who require ong>theong> highest standards for ong>theong> books ong>theong>y read. Bronk's "rare gift" as an essay in ong>theong> Voice Literary Supplement recently argued, "is ong>theong> ability to float difficult truths on fleeting snatches ong>ofong> spoken breath". Bronk, according to Compound Eye, "is one ong>ofong> America's greatest ong>livingong> poets". According to poet and critic Michael Heller, he is "one ong>ofong> our modern masters". ong>Theong> new edition ong>ofong> Life Supports makes available once again one ong>ofong> ong>theong> principal literary ong>worksong> ong>ofong> our time.