Ruby for Grief - (Pitt Poetry) by Michael Burkard (Paperback)

About the Book

Praise for Burkard's first poetry collection, In a White Light "Burkard's poetics will be considered new and strange to many readers, though Stevens, Zufosky, and Ashbery were scouts to this light-laden terrain. [His] book is a blessing."--James Cervantes

Book Synopsis

The work of Michael Burkard has a rich interior quality different from that of any other voice in American poetry. He captures a sense of the mind revising and revealing itself, altering its perceptions.

Review Quotes

Praise for Burkard's first poetry collection, In a White Light
"Burkard's poetics will be considered new and strange to many readers, though Stevens, Zufosky, and Ashbery were scouts to this light-laden terrain. [His] book is a blessing."-- "James Cervantes"

About the Author

Michael Burkard has published two previous poetry collections, In a White Light and None, River. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poetry, and other magazines and anthologies.