A History of Color
New and Selected Poems
$38.45
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2011
Summary
Few poets today, even very good ones, write lines, as Stanley Moss does, that are so exquisitely crafted you cannot help but remember them. “What is heaven but the history of color,” begins the new long poem after which this book is named. “We know at ninety sometimes it aches to sing,” begins another poem, for a woman upon her ninetieth birthday. In the hands of this master, “Ah who art in heaven,” transmigrates to the quieting “ah, ah, baby.” And here is Moss in an early poem- “I’ve always …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781583224854 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1583224858 |
| Author: | Stanley Moss |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 165mm x 14mm |
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“This is Stanley Moss’s finest book so far, an impressive achievement.” - John Ashbery “In every surprising poem, every song to life, beautiful life, Moss, by turns giddy and sorrowful, expresses a sacred sensuality and an earthy holiness.” - Booklist “A poet of thoughtful melancholy and modest praises, of spiritual questioning and self-interrogation.” - Library Journal
About The Author
Stanley Moss
Born in New York City, STANLEY MOSS was educated at Trinity College and Yale University. He has been writing poetry for over a half-century. In addition, Moss is a private art dealer specializing in Italian and Spanish old masters, as well as the publisher and editor of The Sheep Meadow Press, a non-profit publishing house devoted to poetry. Moss lives in Clintondale and River Corners, New York.
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