The Paradise of Forms; selected poems

Shurin, Aaron

ISBN 10: 1883689813 / ISBN 13: 9781883689810

Published by Talisman House Publishers, Jersey City, 1999

About this Item

142p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. San Francisco poet and educator.

Seller Inventory # 75919

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Paradise of Forms; selected poems
• Publisher: Talisman House Publishers, Jersey City
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883689813
• ISBN 13: 9781883689810
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gay Studies
  • San Francisco
  • 1990S
  • Poetry

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Synopsis

Poetry. "A poetry of lyric complexity, determined in its exploration of the 'personal' as a territory of multiple voices and multiple selves."—Michael Palmer

About the Author

Aaron Shurin is an American poet, essayist, and educator. Since 1999, he has co-directed the Master of Fine Arts in Writing Program at the University of San Francisco. Aaron Shurin received his M.A. in Poetics from New College of California, where he studied under poet Robert Duncan. He is a recipient of California Arts Council Literary Fellowships in poetry (1989, 2002), and a NEA fellowship in creative nonfiction (1995). Shurin is the former Associate Director of the Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives at San Francisco State University. He is the author of over ten books, including A'S DREAM (O Books, 1999), NARRATIVITY (Sun & Moon Press, 1990), Unbound: A Book of AIDS (Sun & Moon Press, 1997), THE PARADISE OF FORMS: SELECTED POEMS (Talisman House, Publishers, 1999), A DOOR (Talisman House, Publishers, 2000), INVOLUNTARY LYRICS (Omnidawn Publishing, 2005), KING OF SHADOWS (City Lights Publishers, 2008) and CITIZEN (City Lights Publishers, 2011).