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Ideologues
E. M. Schorb's The Ideologues is a captivating collection of free-verse poems in disparate styles, touching on subjects that run the gamut from a revisionist view of the Trojan War to the wartime death of a brother to the New York Draft Riots of 1863. The book's title poem is a profoundly bitter indictment of those writers who prostitute their art to support fanatical revolutionary politics. Schorb has the capacity to speak in several voices: a poor widow in a trailer home, a tough drill sergeant on Parris Island, 1960s flower children, a pedantic psychology professor. Schorb's new book demonstrates a versatility in free verse that matches his proven ability as a formal poet. ~Joseph S. Salemi Editor, TRINACRIA
Reflections in a Doubtful I
To be a first-class poet requires a fluency of language, mastery of a vocabulary sufficient to express seminal, original thoughts set down with rhythm, with imagery, and with descriptive evocation that communicates flawlessly with the recipient of the poetry of verse. Such is the case with the poetry of E. M. Schorb.-Paul T. Vogelfor the Midwest Book Review Reflections in a Doubtful I is more than just an impressive selection of some of E.M. Schorb'spreviously published work. It is a tour de force of poetic versatility and humane concerns, stretching from the fantasies and fears of childhood through the swirl of desire and grief that is youth, to the joys of married love, the military twins ...
Stories, Etc.
These previously published stories and short fictions, whether realistic or surreal, are always imaginative and sometimes startling. On the opening page, we meet a man who takes a walk at Coney Island, writes an open letter of confession in the sand, believing it will vanish with the tide, but shockingly discovers that his secrets have been revealed to the world. We find a man who buys a living room carpet that becomes a terrifying jungle and a man who just missed becoming a movie star. There is also the manager of a shop in Harlem whose salesmen peddle portraits of Christ whose eyes seem to follow the viewer and who unconsciously overcomes his racial bias, back in the Sixties. In Bad Trip, ...
Time and Fevers
Winner of the 16th Annual Writers Digest Self-Published Award for Poetry, 2008 An Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner, 2007 I am always happy to drop everything--pretty nearly--when I make the acquaintance of a new poet as good as E.M. Schorb. James Dickey The poems of E.M. Schorb shine calmly even as they buzz with energy; are connaissant with the world and yet transcendent of it; make something deeply funny and yet highly sad--given a world and a time and a good minds eye. This is the work of a mature intelligence, its ironies unadulterated by cynicism, and its swells informed by understatement. Heather McHugh Schorbs poetry is rich with humor and an almost gestaltic sense of clarity; this uniqu...
Paradise Square
?A crackling good story told in the compelling, precise prose of a poet. Imaginative. Evocative. Wander the streets of New York with Edgar Allan Poe, who, dear reader, must solve a murder to save a friend. The Frankfurt eBook Grand Prize in Fiction goes to E.M. Schorb for Paradise Square...' ?Award Citation, Walter Anderson, Chairman, Parade Publications ?By mixing elements of the historical novel and the conventional mystery with a speculative reconstruction of Poe's final days, Schorb has crafted a fascinating tale. He does great honor to Poe's memory and fame.' ?Gregory Harris, BookPage.com ?A modern blend of literary history and spunky humor that deserves its Frankfurt nod.' ?Publishers Weekly
The Journey and Related Poems
"The Journey," together with some fine ancillary poems, is a major work by one ofour most challenging and surprising poets: a profound exploration of dream that seeksto fathom the nature of reality. Stunningly beautiful passages of verbal music seem toleap off the page. In all his long career, E. M. Schorb has never given us anything moreambitious, more likely to last.-X.J. Kennedy, author of IN A PROMINENT BAR IN SECAUCUS: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS: 1955-2007 E. M. Schorb's "The Journey" navigates among dreams, déjà vu, premonitions, acarefully observed, scrupulously interrogated present and "a touch of the old moonglow."Sometimes, he even seems to bring dispatches from "the undiscover'd cou...
Dates and Dreams
Schorb's prose poetry has no boundaries of form, theme, or style. It give us metaphysical fancies and reveals the unexpected in the ordinary. Book includes a generous selection of Schorb's unique drawings-strange, witty, and memorable, like the prose poems from the same hand.
Words in Passing
Words in Passing contains poems with the pleasures of musical form by prize-winning poet and novelist, E.M. Schorb, all previously published in literary magazines from around the world.
Once Upon Each Time: Collected Poems
Poems originally published in literary quarterlies from around the world by an award-winning poet.
Collected Stories
These previously published stories are collected from the pages of American literary journals and reviews around the world, including Canada, India, England, and China; and range from the classic to the experimental.
