From the Canyon Outward - Softcover

Cherkovski, Neeli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097229581X ISBN 13: 9780972295819

Publisher: R.L. Crow Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Poetry. With his new collection, Neeli Cherkovski continues the exploration started with his award winning LEANING AGAINST TIME. He once again opens the window to the self and takes us deeper into his search for reason, redemption and love--Cherkovski takes us on a journey through his innermost being, leading us FROM THE CANYON OUTWARD. "I squirm against blurb words like 'magisterial' and 'fully realized' and God knows--'profound,' but Neeli Cherkovski's new book is a deeply rich work which reminds me of the best of Rexroth's nature poems, which to me is a major accomplishment. But more than that, there's a deep philosophical and elegiac edge to the beauty of the words & lines"--David Meltzer.

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From the Inside Flap:

What stamps Cherkovski's poetry as unique is its unbounded lyricism – a lyrical gift easily greater than that of any other poet of his generation. Gerald Nicosia, San Francisco Chronicle I squirm against blurb words like "magisterial" and "fully realized" and God knows – "profound," but Neeli Cherkovski’s new book is a deeply rich work which reminds me of the best of Rexroth's nature poems, which to me is a major accomplishment. But more than that, there's a deep philosophical and elegiac edge to the beauty of the words & lines. David Meltzer, poet, musician, essayist Neeli Cherkovski has mastered the lyricism of the clear-seeing heart. In these poems, he sets us down in the middle of the mystery of existence and experience. From the Canyon Outward is a joy to read and inhabit. Sarah Menefee, poet, community activist

About the Author:

Neeli Cherkovski is a longtime contributor to the West Coast literary scene. Emerging from the Los Angeles underground of the Sixties, Cherkovski is an applauded poet, critic and literary biographer. He has written ten books of poetry, including FROM THE CANYON OUTWARD, the award-winning LEANING AGAINST TIME, ELEGY FOR BOB KAUFMAN, and Animal; two acclaimed biographies, Bukowski: A Life and Ferlinghetti: A Biography; his book Whitman's Wild Children (a collection of critical memoirs) has become an underground classic. In the late 1960s Cherkovski co-edited the poetry anthology Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns with Charles Bukowski. Since 1975, Neeli has lived and worked in San Francisco. For ten years he was Writer-in-Residence at New College of California, where he taught literature and philosophy.

About this edition

• Publisher: R.L. Crow Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 097229581X
• ISBN 13: 9780972295819
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 70