Leonard Schwartz is the author of numerous books of poetry including, most recently, IF (Talisman House, Publishers, 2012), AT ELEMENT (Talisman House, Publishers, 2011), A MESSAGE BACK AND OTHER FURORS (Chax Press, 20008), The Library of Seven Readings (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2007), LANGUAGE AS RESPONSIBILITY (Tinfish Press, 2006), EAR AND ETHOS (Talisman House, Publishers, 2005), THE TOWER OF DIVERSE SHORES (Talisman House, Publishers, 2003), and WORDS BEFORE THE ARTICULATE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (Talisman House, Publishers, 1997). In addition he is the author of A Flicker at the Edge of Thi...