The Man on the Tower: Poems (Arkansas Poetry Award Series) - Softcover

Rafferty, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1557283400 ISBN 13: 9781557283405

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press, 1995

Synopsis

Charles Rafferty works in masks, voices, and personae. Winner of the fifth annual Arkansas Poetry Award, The Man on the Tower consists of dramatic monologues and fables about “the man” the many incarnations of our lives that are not allowed, cannot be lived, or are kept darkly hidden. Made believable in the lines of Rafferty’s poems, his characters show us their desires, complaints, and obsessions, often revealing what they would want to keep concealed, the shameful and the wild.

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About the Author

Charles Rafferty published a chapbook, The Wave That Will Beach Us Both, prior to winning the 1994 Arkansas Poetry Award. He has a B.A. in literature from Stockton State College, New Jersey, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arkansas, and is a recipient of the Academy of American Poets Prize, the Felix Christopher McKean Award, and the 1991 Lily Peter Fellowship. He lives with his wife, Wendy, in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

From the Back Cover

In exploring the insane, heroic venturesomeness of the many incarnations of "the man," Rafferty cuts to the heart of the difficulties of modern urban life.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557283400
• ISBN 13: 9781557283405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 78