Horror Vacui: Poems

Heise, Thomas

ISBN 10: 1932511326 / ISBN 13: 9781932511321

Published by Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Sarabande Books, 2006

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Title: Horror Vacui: Poems

Publisher: Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Sarabande Books

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

These are ambitious, moving poems, deft, panged, and stunning.” Dean Young

Existential chilliness, mourning, and dread find a uniquely compelling voice in Thomas Heise's poetry. . . .” Alan Williamson

"Horror Vacui offers an often vertiginous account of how death imposes [an] irresistible fact on minds bent on both accommodating and resisting this one inevitable yet impossible truth. . . . And it's this property of being barely held together that makes Horror Vacui so striking. . . . an extraordinary mood piece." Ray McDaniel

In his haunting debut collection Horror Vacui, Thomas Heise explores the fear of empty space, a mysterious and abiding absence that is a pronounced presence in this poet's lyrical voice.

About the Author:

Thomas Heise is the author of Horror Vacui: Poems (Sarabande, 2006), Urban Underworlds: A Geography of Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture (Rutgers University Press, 2010), and Moth; or how I came to be with you again (Sarabande, 2013). He is an Associate Professor of English at McGill University and divides his time between Montreal and New York City.