Lawyer Poets and That World We Call Law - Softcover

Lee Atkinson; Richard Bank; Michael Blumenthal; Ace Boggess; David Bristol; Lee Warner Brooks; M.C. Bruce; Laura Chalar; James Clarke; John Crouch; Martin Espada; Rachel Contreni Flynn; Katya Giritsky; Howard Gofreed; Nancy A. Henry; Susan Holahan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1929355971 ISBN 13: 9781929355976

Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press, 2013

Synopsis

Most of the lawyer poets represented in this anthology are practicing lawyers (and judges); a few abandoned the legal profession to take up teaching or literary work. Unlike most lawyer poets, who do not, in their poetry, explicitly lay claim to being lawyers and maintain a wall of separation between law and poetry, the poets in this anthology do not remain silent about the legal world in which they work. The lawyer poet who would disguise his life as a lawyer is one kind of poet. This anthology represents a rarer specimen, the poet who finds a place for the world of law in his poetry. For this rare species of poet, there's simply no walking away, no pretended separation, and no compartmentalization of the world of the poem and the world of law. The poet knows both worlds, and thus is borne legal verse.

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About the Author:

All of the 40+ poets represented in this anthology either are or have been practicing lawyers and/or judges. Some are now working in academia, but most are still involved in law one way or another. In addition to those listed as authors on the title page of this amazon site, the anthology includes work by Paul Homer, Lawrence Joseph, Kenneth King, John Charles Kleefeld, Richard Krech, Bruce Laxalt, David Leightty, John Levy, Greg McBride, James McKenna, Betsy McKenzie, Joyce Meyers, Jesse Mountjoy, Tim Nolan, Simon Perchik, Carl Reisman, Charles Reynard, Steven M. Richman, Lee Robinson, Kristen Roedell, Barbara B. Rollins, Lawrence Russ, Michael Sowder, Ann Tweedy, Charles Williams, Kathleen Winte, and Warren Wolfson.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1929355971
• ISBN 13: 9781929355976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260
• Editor: James R. Elkins