Employing a clear, unflinching eye and a wry, affirmative humor, Robert J. Levy’s “All These Restless Ghosts” unfolds in a series of discursive meditations and vignettes – written in a mix of both free and formal verse – that seek to unearth the large in the small. With a meticulous intimacy and resonant music Levy mines the quotidian events of daily life, finding in the smallest of moments the most luminous of epiphanies. In lines tinged with gentle humor, he crafts poems that are at once refreshingly conversational and profoundly meditative. He engages our affectionate attention, leading us to wonder, astonishment and awe. In this volume Levy tackles the most monumental of concerns with a humane deftness, revealing an incomparable soul and a large, large heart.
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About the Author:
Robert J. Levy’s work has appeared in Poetry, Paris Review, Georgia Review, Southern Review, Gettysburg Review and many other magazines. He has published two previous full-length collections, Whistle Maker (Anhinga) and In the Century of Small Gestures (Defined Providence) as well as six chapbooks. He is a past NEA Fellowship winner, has won multiple awards from the Poetry Society of America, and has held residencies at both Yaddo and The MacDowell Colony. He lives in New York City with his wife and children where he works as an editor and writer.
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