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In X=, Stephen Berg winds through the wreck of longing and loss, navigating the strains of curious beauty with flashes of electrifying clarity. Stripping bare the burdens of gnawing, unknowing fear, Berg has found his way into a voice of great energy and spontaneity, into a form of overwhelming urgency and detail.
Includes Berg's selection from The daughters (1971), Grief (1975), With Akhmatova at the black gates (1981), and In it (1986), along with new poems, including a selection from his work-in- progress, Shaving, and concluding with the long poem, "Homage to the Afterlife." Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Contains poems by Stephen Berg who is also the author of Oblivion, In It, New and Selected Poems, Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, and other books of poetry.
A remarkable anthology of Berg's translations representing his unique method of mingling his own poetic sensibility with the poets, thus retaining the profound music of the works. The collected poems, taken from more literal English translations, explore visions from Nahuatl religious chants, Eskimo songs, and Zen traditions as well as European, Latin American, and Russian offerings including Sappho, Rimbaud, Radnoti, Mayakovsky, Tsvetayeva, Annensky, and Paz. Includes short essays detailing the history of the translations. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
New edition of best-selling Asian title presents the poems of a renowned Zen master.
Dramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother.
Twenty-eight contemporary American poets reflect on the poems that have most influenced their own creative vision and offer their best new works in this examination of poetic expression. Each entry includes a new poem from the author, the text of a poem or poems that particularly influenced the development of the new poem, and an essay about that influence. The dialogue created between the new works of the poets and the poems that they love provides insight into the poetic process and speaks to the meaning and endurance of great art.
". . .Stephen Berg's Shaving is the first book of prose poems I have read that has made me re-examine the function and power of that branch of our poetry. It is a book of strenuous and often dangerous self-witness; an astounding overview of American urban life at the apex and turning point of a major civilization. . .most importantly, it is brilliantly written. . .In reading Berg you will be reading the master of the prose poem." (Jorie Graham)
Rich Pictures focuses on the value of developing visual narratives – Rich Pictures – as an important component and starting point for community participation. A key device for the community to share ideas and perspectives on current and potential future situations, Rich Pictures provide a shared space for members to set out ideas and negotiate. While Rich Pictures are widely and globally used, this is the first book discussing their use, and how and when to use this technique for maximum participatory value. A valuable read for community engagement professionals, planners, politicians, and members of affected communities, Rich Pictures is richly illustrated with examples and authors’ testimonials.