Writing the Silences
Richard O Moore author Brenda Hillman editor Paul Ebenkamp editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:2nd Mar '10
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The poems in "Writing the Silences" represent more than 60 years of Richard O. Moore's work as a poet. Selected from seven full-length manuscripts written between 1946 and 2008, these poems reflect not only Moore's place in literary history - he is the last of his generation of the legendary group of San Francisco Renaissance poets - but also his reemergence into today's literary world after an important career as a filmmaker and producer in public radio and television. "Writing the Silences" reflects Moore's commitment to freedom of form, his interest in language itself, and his dedication to issues of social justice and ecology.
"Almost 60 years of thoughtful, terse, decidedly modernist verse and prose poetry come together in this first collection... much of it tersely humble, both philosophical and political, with cadence reminiscent of George Oppen." Publishers Weekly "Richard O. Moore's no sapling by a long shot, but his poetry is lithe. It expands itself in the off-handed dialect of this country's newest voices, but remains rooted to the old codes of keen sincerity. It is real poetry, sure enough to break from silence and, when need be, return." Bomb Magazine (Bomblog) "[These poems] are at once sensual and intellectual, erotic and philosophic, and they appeal to all the senses." -- Jonah Raskin Redwood Coast Review
ISBN: 9780520262447
Dimensions: 203mm x 152mm x 12mm
Weight: 181g
136 pages