Wave Into Wave Light into Light - by George Northrup (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

George Northrup's artistic palette is dazzling and razor-sharp; each poem in this collection seduces the reader to want more, to be enlightened and/or entertained by his ability to strip away pretense and get to what matters. His virtuosic range seems nonstop; when you read these poems you sense his ear and heart mining for precise language and
compassion. Several poems in this compilation have an articulated self that has learned not to take life too seriously.They are wry, fiercely funny, painfully truthful poems, and they lend a hand in creating this marvelous, diverse landscape of poetic inspiration.
GLADYS L. HENDERSON, Suffolk County (NY) Poet Laureate 2017-2019

Review Quotes

George Northrup's artistic palette is dazzling and razor-sharp; each poem in this collection seduces the reader to want more, to be enlightened and/or entertained by his ability to strip away pretense and get to what matters. His virtuosic range seems nonstop; when you read these poems you sense his ear and heart mining for precise language and compassion. Several poems in this compilation have an articulated self that has learned not to take life too seriously.They are wry, fiercely funny, painfully truthful poems, and they lend a hand in creating this marvelous, diverse landscape of poetic inspiration.
GLADYS L. HENDERSON, Suffolk County (NY) Poet Laureate 2017-2019

One of the pleasures of reading George Northrup's new book is the recognition that the world really has become smaller. A child studying a map of the continents and oceans asks, "Don't they know it's all connected?" Northrup describes landscapes I've never visited, such as Tuscany and the Left Bank, and illumines landmarks I am familiar with, like Central Park and the Seaview Resort in Galloway. Instead of photographs or postcards, these poems are addressed to some need inside me, each of them saying, "Dear Reader," each of them saying, "Wish you were here."
Peter E. Murphy, Founder, Murphy Writing of Stockton University

Northrup embraces time, natural landscapes, and humanity in a deep stilling wonderment and calm acceptance. He illumines our deepest human connections and our need to cherish them. "No one feels a stranger here/ or out of place," he writes. "What speaks is utterly hushed./ What thinks eludes conception./ And what falls into the ages--pauses here--/ glad for a place like this."
Gayl Teller, Nassau County (NY) Poet Laureate, 2009-2011;
Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Poet of the Year, 2016