Results for "Corn, Alfred"

A new translation of Rilke’s classic elegies—ten mystical, radiant poems that bring together the beautiful and the sacred. Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies are one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century. Begun in 1912 while the poet was a guest at Duino Castle on the... Read More about Duino Elegies: A New and Complete Translation

" M]ay well be the finest general book available on prosody."--Library Journal (starred review)... Read More about Copper Canyon Classics: A Manual of Prosody

Twenty-three contemporary writers comment brilliantly on all the books of the New Testament and how it affected their lives and works.... Read More about Incarnation: Contemporary Writers on the New Testament

"Alfred Corn is one of our finest living poets."--The Nation.... Read More about Contradictions

Tables is Alfred Corn's eighth poetry collection and the third in Press 53's Silver Concho Poetry Series, edited by Pamela Uschuk and William Pitt Root. Carolyn Forch , of The Lambda Book Report, says, "Corn's formal range is everywhere apparent. He even attempts sapphics in English which closely re... Read More about Tables

Micah Towery's poems are little miracles of lyric intelligence pitched against a skeptic's need for faith: faith in God, faith in other people, faith in love, and faith that daily life means more than its repetitions and its downward spiral toward death. His devotion to the clear expression of such ... Read More about Whale of Desire