A condition of the spirit
Subtitle: the life and work of Larry Levis
By: edited by Christopher Buckley and Alexander Long.
Contributors: Buckley, Christopher, 1948-; Long, Alexander.
Publisher: Eastern Washington University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Spokane, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 663
Subjects: Levis, Larry.; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The untimely death of Larry Levis in 1996 left the world of American poetry stunned and dismayed. His work was of such depth and such amazing resonance, that it was admired and studied by an entire generation of poets and readers, regardless of esthetic or cultural predispositions. Levis's poems crossed borders, broke down barriers, and invited a sharing of the strange, sweet loneliness of being that is the fundamental human lot. A Condition of the Spirit brings together reviews, essays, interviews, and meditations by more than forty American poets profoundly affected by Levis's life and work. But that's not all: the book also contains twelve previously uncollected essays by Levis himself, making it a handbook for the study of the poet's thinking on the craft of poetry and the craft of life."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.