Poems explore how the mind brings order to human existence, and how mental disorders, or different ways of seeing the world, affect how that order is experienced.

Winner of the Commonwealth Club Book Award, Silver Medal for Poetry (1990)

In the title poem "Fortress," the medieval walled castle is the stronghold in which the family dwells. There are stories here of people in the "fortresses" of the self, the city, or the natural world.

All these poems have in common a lyrical approach to solitude ("the only protection / against death/ was to love solitude") and an ironical vision for which love of beauty and the longing for the world are the cure. Hillman combines the imagistic with narrative; in her poems lyricism wars with irony; the...

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 historyhe is the last of his generation of the legendary group of San Francisco Renaissance poetsbut 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...

ASHUR ETWEBI is one of Libya's leading writers. A poet, novelist, and translator, he has published six books of poetry, two novels, and three books of translation. "In POEMS FROM ABOVE THE HILL, ASHUR ETWEBI compactly renders experience in a hauntingly classical way. His work is rooted in the landscapes of his country, and in inventing forms in his literary traditions that will capture his engagement with his place and culture. His poetry is intimate but grand, innovative but traditional, influenced by Modernist poetry . . . yet populist and accessible. His phrasing and syntax are often very...

One of Korea's most exacting and innovative poets, Choi creates environments at once familiar but dreamlike, marked by a preternatural clarity. His poetry possesses a highly suggestive, allusive intensity that locates the startling within the familiar.

The last living member of the original circle of Anarcho-pacifist poets at the birth of the San Francisco Renaissance, Richard O. Moore presents his second book, Particulars of Place. The title poem is a meditation on life in the twilight of American Empire, posing the question of how to live in an age of endless warfare. Throughout, Moore's commitment to social justice mingles with his interest in Wittgenstein's linguistic philosophy, resulting in a poetic amalgam unique to Moore himself. Reflecting a lifetime of devotion to the art of poetry, Particulars of Place confirms Moore's...