The Honeymoon Wilderness - Softcover

Di Cicco, Pier Giorgio

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1894469097 ISBN 13: 9781894469098

Publisher: Mansfield Press, 2002

Synopsis

The Honeymoon Wilderness is Pier Giorgio Di Cicco's first full-length collection of new poetry to be published since 1986 when he withdrew from the world of literature to join a monastery. These are poems of fear and wonder from a man deeply engaged in the contemplation of the everyday. They resonate with the surprising imagery and heart-wrenching lyrical intelligence that is the hallmark of Di Cicco's best work. The Honeymoon Wilderness amply demonstrates why Di Cicco must still be considered one of our major, essential poets.

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About the Author:

Pier Giorgio Di Cicco was born in Arezzo, Italy, and was raised in Baltimore, Montreal, and Toronto. He currently resides in the countryside north of Toronto. He is the author of over thirteen books of poems from 1975 to 1986 including The Tough Romance, Dancing in the House Of Cards, Flying Deeper into the Century, and Virgin Science: Hunting Holistic Paradigms. He withdrew from the world of letters to join a monastery in 1986 and re-emerged in 2001 to publish Living in Paradise New and Selected Poems with Mansfield Press. He has been the Emilio Goggio Visiting Professor in Italian-Canadian Studies at the University of Toronto, and in 2004 he was named as the Poet Laureate for the City of Toronto.

Review:

"In the restless quest for paradise that his work to date enacts - sometimes luminous, sometimes overreaching, always I think heroic - Di Cicco has blazed one of the moving, exemplary paths in contemporary poetry."

"In the restless quest for paradise that his work to date enacts--sometimes luminous, sometimes overreaching, always I think heroic--Di Cicco has blazed one of the moving exemplary paths in contemporary poetry." (Dennis Lee)

In the restless quest for paradise that his work to date enactsNsometimes luminous, sometimes overreaching, always I think heroicNDi Cicco has blazed one of the moving exemplary paths in contemporary poetry.O (Dennis Lee)

About this edition

• Publisher: Mansfield Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1894469097
• ISBN 13: 9781894469098
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120