Three Miles from Luckey

In THREE MILES FROM LUCKEY, David Shevin displays a hard-earned wonder at the world. Full of wry humor and surprise, these poems make us laugh where it hurts. Shevin revels in the odd ironies and juxtapositions and out-and-out absurdities of this screwed-up world. He merges the personal and political with a jazzy twinkle in his eye. We need his wise, compassionate voice-Jim Daniels. "The poems glitter with gorgeous words for plants and animals, with Hebrew phrases, with names of Biblical prophets, with Hispanic names of people and places, and with the vernacular of rural Ohio. Like th poetry of William Blake, Shevin's narrative abhors the devastation wreaked by post-industrial capitalism. It does so less through depiction of injustice than through the recounting of small pieces of luck" -Edwina Pendarvis.

David Shevin, award winning Ohio poet and Associate Professor of English at Central State University, has published a new book of poems. Three Miles from Luckey: Poems has been released by Ohio independent publisher, Bottom Dog Press. The 80 page book includes recent poems, many of which have appeared in literary magazines.

Shevin previously taught at the University of Findlay, Tiffin University, and Miami University (Ohio). His previous books include Growl (Carpenter Press), Needles and Needs, and The Discovery of Fire (Ohioana Book Award), both from Bottom Dog Press. Shevin is the recipient of poetry fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council and from the National Endowment for the Arts. The author was also Artist-in-Residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts in California.