Publisher's Synopsis
A delicious and extensive sampling spanning 44 years of poetry from the published collections and new work of Michael Blumenthal, of whom Howard Nemerov, former Poet Laureate, said, "I know of no younger poet with a greater gift, nore of anuopne who has used it better." Seamus Heany, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature: "One of the natural poets of his generation." Previously endoresed by Maxim Kumin, W.D. Snodgrass and Howard Nemerov, among others. The books selects from nine published volumes, including Dusty Angel, which was published as a BOA Edition. The entire series of the book Laps, published as a slim volume in 1985, is presented in its entirely. Supporting comments are presented from Nemerov and Heany and also Anthony Hecht, Helen Vendler, W.D. Snodgrass, Jay Parini, Linda Gregerson, Phillip Lopate, Stepehn Dunn, Edward Hirsch and others.
