Finding Other Countries - Softcover

Hilfiker, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1532875150 ISBN 13: 9781532875151

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Alan Hilfiker's cinquain style could be called modern pastoral elegy in lightening flashes. He leverages the style of the cinquain, a 5-line poetic form similar to haiku/tanka, to bring poignancy and punch to the pastoral. His collection is capped with an essay on the cinquain poetic form and its inventor Adelaide Crapsey, a fellow Rochester, New York native. Here is the fruit of a life-long exploration of a lesser-known poetic style lovingly adhered to and revived.

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About the Author

Alan Hilfiker’s poetry has been published in the books: MEMORIAL DAY, and SOURCES OF THE MORNING. His collection of short stories JOURNEYS OFF THE ROAD was named to the Kirkus BEST INDIE BOOKS of 2016. Alan is an alumnus and a trustee of the University of Rochester where he has endowed an undergraduate scholarship fund for minority and first generation college students, a fellowship for graduate students in the English Department, and a professorship in the English Department. Alan Hilfiker is a lawyer. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Naples, Florida.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1532875150
• ISBN 13: 9781532875151
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170