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COLD WATER, published by Wesleyan University Press in 1967, was widely praised for its originality, poignancy and imagistic power. The poems are characterized by forthrightness, concern for the great public issues of the day but also with the hidden, dreamlike processes in each of us. Many of the poems in COLD WATER were widely anthologized.
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About the Author:
Lou Lipsitz has published three books of poems, a political play, a textbook on American politics, and articles and reviews in the field of psychotherapy. Born in Brooklyn, he moved to North Carolina where, for thirty years, he taught political science in Chapel Hill. He left academics to become a psychotherapist, specializing in men's issues and life transitions. Throughout this time he has continued writing and publishing poetry. His poems have been widely anthologized and used in teaching literature. He was recipient of an NEA Writer's Grant and won the Allen Ginsburg prize in 2002. His newer poems take a more psychological perspective on personal development and family relationships. His writing is characterized by a searching personal honesty, a trenchant boldness, and a good bit of unexpected humor. Most of all, his images and surprising twists remain with the reader.
Review:
"Lipsitz achieves a simple, passionate immediacy that is ingratiating
as it is convincing...and whatever his anguish..he is still capable of
poems of robust gaiety. It is the kind of joy that reinforces -as it
is the natural counterpoint to- his fierce solicitude for mankind. A
young voice still, Lipsitz is reassuring in the freshness and
forthright, exuberant feeling with which he uses that voice. It may
well be that with this book we are at the beginning of something as
important as it is unusual."
Theodore Weiss, Princeton Alumni Weekly
as it is convincing...and whatever his anguish..he is still capable of
poems of robust gaiety. It is the kind of joy that reinforces -as it
is the natural counterpoint to- his fierce solicitude for mankind. A
young voice still, Lipsitz is reassuring in the freshness and
forthright, exuberant feeling with which he uses that voice. It may
well be that with this book we are at the beginning of something as
important as it is unusual."
Theodore Weiss, Princeton Alumni Weekly
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- PublisherWesleyan University Press
- Publication date1967
- ISBN 10 0819520349
- ISBN 13 9780819520340
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages72
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. INSCRIBED by author to journal editor. Cloth lightly rubbed; dj lightly rubbed, edge worn and soiled.; Wesleyan Poetry Program; 8.0 X 6.0 X 0.0 inches; 72 pages. Seller Inventory # SKU1000624
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