John Peck is a member of the remarkable generation of poets, including Robert Hass, Robert Pinsky, and James McMichael, who studied with Yvor Winters at Stanford in the 1960s. His recent work expresses a sharp sense of vulnerability and of the tenacity of human life, both natural and moral.
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John Peck is a member of the remarkable generation of poets, including Robert Hass, Robert Pinsky, and James McMichael, who studied with Yvor Winters at Stanford in the 1960s. His recent work expresses a sharp sense of vulnerability and of the tenacity of human life, both natural and moral.
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John Peck is a member of the remarkable generation of poets, including Robert Hass, Robert Pinsky, and James McMichael, who studied with Yvor Winters at Stanford in the 1960s. His recent work expresses a sharp sense of vulnerability and of the tenacity of human life, both natural and moral.
Critic Reviews
“"The gift for making language itself into feeling rather than merely feeling's vehicle is just that, a gift. Peck has it." -- Poetry”
"Peck has established himself . . . as a major poet, opening up territory no one else has attempted."
--Clive Wilmer, Times Literary Supplement
"Peck is one of the best poets in the country, and M is his masterpiece." --Notre Dame Review
"Peck's densely allusive and highly cerebral work rewards the rigorous reading that it demands." --Publishers Weekly
"The gift for making language itself into feeling rather than merely feeling's vehicle is just that, a gift. Peck has it." --Poetry
About the Author
John Peck was born in Pittsburgh in 1941. He taught literature at American and Swiss universities and trained as an analytical psychologist in Zurich. His collection The Broken Blockhouse Wall (Carcanet, 1979) won the Prix de Rome, and his other works include Argura (Sheep Meadow, 1998). He lives in Massachusetts.
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