The Other Life - Softcover

Scott, Herbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0887485219 ISBN 13: 9780887485213

Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2010

Synopsis

The Other Life is testament to a quiet force in American poetry, to a generous soul who bore witness to the world with goodwill and good humor. While Herbert Scott was a modest man, this collection is not a modest accomplishment. Reading these wonderful, rich poems spanning his entire career gathered together in one book feels like a warm home we enter from the cold. We can take our boots off, sit down and calmly ease into the sustaining light of these poems.

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About the Author

HERBERT S. SCOTT (1931–2006) was the founding editor of New Issues Poetry & Prose. His books of poetry include Sleeping Woman (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2005), Durations (Louisiana State University Press, 1984), Groceries (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976), and Disguises (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974). A limited edition letterpress book, In the Palm of Space, came out from Sutton Hoo Press in 2001. Scott taught at Western Michigan University, where he was the Gwen Frostic Professor of Creative Writing. DAVID DODD LEE is the author of The Nervous Filaments (Four Way Books, 2010), as well as four other books of poems: Abrupt Rural (New Issues, 2004), Arrow Pointing North (Four Way Books, 2002), Wilderness (March Street Press, 2000), and Downsides of Fish Culture (New Issues, 1997).

Edition details

• Publisher: Carnegie Mellon University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887485219
• ISBN 13: 9780887485213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240