Ruby for Grief

by Michael Burkard

Overview

The work of Michael Burkard has a rich interior quality different from that of any other voice in American poetry. He captures a sense of the mind revising and revealing itself, altering its perceptions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780822953333
Publisher:	University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date:	10/15/1981
Series:	Pitt Poetry Series
Edition description:	1
Pages:	80
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Michael Burkard has published two previous poetry collections, In a White Light and None, River. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry, and other magazines and anthologies.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Burkard's first poetry collection, In a White Light
"Burkard's poetics will be considered new and strange to many readers, though Stevens, Zufosky, and Ashbery were scouts to this light-laden terrain. [His] book is a blessing."

James Cervantes

Praise for Burkard's first poetry collection, In a White Light:

"Burkard's poetics will be considered new and strange to many readers, though Stevens, Zufosky, and Ashbery were scouts to this light-laden terrain. [His] book is a blessing."

—James Cervantes

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