Joyride - Softcover

Fink, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988235625 ISBN 13: 9780988235625

Publisher: Marsh Hawk Press, 2013

Synopsis

Poetry. "Thomas Fink is a unique craftsman and perhaps one of the best to write poems in form—but Fink's brilliance is his inability to tell anything straight...Fink knows how to write poems that challenge the mind, pleasure the eye, tickle the tongue, and fascinate the ear."—Steven Karl

About this title

About the Author:

Thomas Fink, born in New York City in 1954, is the author of seven books of poetry, including JOYRIDE (2013), PEACE CONFERENCE (2011) and CLARITY AND OTHER POEMS (2008) published by Marsh Hawk Press, three chapbooks, and Autopsy Turvy (Meritage Press, 2010), a book of collaborative poetry with Maya Diablo Mason. He is also the author of two books of criticism, including "A Different Sense of Power": Problems of Community in Late-Twentieth-Century U.S. Poetry (airleigh Dickinson University Press, 2001). With Joseph Lease, he is co-editor of "Burning Interiors": David Shapiro's Poetry and Poetics (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007). His poem "Yinglish Strophes IX" was selected for The Best American Poetry 2007 (Scribner's) by Heather McHugh and David Lehman. Fink's work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Chicago Review, Contemporary Literature, DENVER QUARTERLY, Jacket, LIT, Milk, Minnesota Review, MiPoesias, Otoliths, Second Avenue Poetry, SENTENCE, Shampoo, Slope, TALISMAN, Verse, and numerous other journals. His paintings hang in various collections. Fink is Professor of English at City University of New York, LaGuardia.

Review:

Joy ride is not merely a pure joy. It is the milestone marking the full attainment of the poetics you've been developing for years. The poems are brilliant and masterful in their execution. I'm in profound admiration. --Burt Kimmelman

About this edition

• Publisher: Marsh Hawk Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0988235625
• ISBN 13: 9780988235625
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108