Lucien Stryk has been a presence in American letters for almost fifty years. Those who know his poetry well will find this collection particularly gratifying. Like journeying again to places visited long ago, Stryk s writing is both familiar and wonderfully fresh.
For those just becoming acquainted with Stryk s work, "Zen, Poetry, the Art of Lucien Stryk" makes an excellent introduction. It includes his early essay, The American Scene Versus the International Scene, written shortly after his service in the Pacific during World War II, and Digging In, his first published poem, as well as...