Great Whirl of Exile - Softcover

Quintana, Leroy V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1880684608 ISBN 13: 9781880684603

Publisher: Curbstone Books, 1999

Synopsis

For those who know his history, it is no surprise that Leroy V. Quintana is a great story-teller in his poetry. He was raised in Albuquerque by Mexican grandparents who told him numerous folk-tales (Cuentos) as a child. "In many ways, I'ms till basically a small-town New Mexico boy carrying on the oral tradition," he comments. His work is endowed not only with a raucous frontier humor, but also a remarkable emotional range, from comic depictions of adolescent love to moving poems of death and loss, to reflections on his war experience in Vietnam.

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Book Description:

Leroy V. Quintana is a major force in contemporary poetry. His work is endowed not only with a raucous frontier humor, but also a remarkable emotional range, from comic depictions of adolescent love to moving poems of death and loss, to reflections on his war experience in Vietnam. "It was about 1958 or so when we finally got a phone,/ but the only girl I had enough nerve to call/ was the one who seemed to whisper, faithfully/ as well as exactly, what time it was, any time I called" -- "Faithfully as Well as Exactly".

About the Author:

Leroy V. Quintana is a major force in contemporary poetry. Author of five previous books of poetry and twice winner of the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award, Mr. Quintana is represented in numerous anthologies and his work has been the subject of several studies. He was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1944 and served in Vietnam during 1967-68, where he kept a notebook that became the source for many of his poems. At present, he is Professor of English at San Diego Mesa College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Curbstone Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1880684608
• ISBN 13: 9781880684603
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 59