A Condition of the Spirit: The Life and Work of Larry Levis

A Condition of the Spirit: The Life and Work of Larry Levis

The untimely death of Larry Levis in 1996 left the world of American poetry stunned and dismayed. His work was of such depth and such amazing resonance, that it was admired and studied by an entire generation of poets and readers, regardless of esthetic or cultural predispositions. Levis's poems crossed borders, broke down barriers, and invited a sharing of the strange, sweet loneliness of being that is the fundamental human lot. A Condition of the Spirit brings together reviews, essays, interviews, and mediations by more than forty American poets profoundly affected by Levis's life and work. But that's not all: the book also contains twelve previously uncollected essays by Levis himself, making it a handbook for the study of the poet's thinking on the craft of poetry and the craft of life.

Contributors to the collection include Philip Levine, Charles Wright, Diane Wakoski, Stephen Dunn, David St. John, Peter Everwine, Dave Smith, Stephen Sandy, Nancy Eimers, Peter Stitt, David Wojahn, Paul Zimmer, Sandra Gilbert, David Young, and Gerald Stern.
Country USA
Brand Eastern Washington University
Manufacturer Carnegie Mellon University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780910055925
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Eastern Washington University
Manufacturer	Carnegie Mellon University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780910055925
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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