Slow Return - Softcover

Lieber, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798990014916

Publisher: What Books Press, 2024

Synopsis

Paul Lieber's "slow return" refers to his slow return to his 20's and perhaps a slow return to sanity from political turmoil of the 1960's, drugs, and a romanticized notion of suicide, all prompted by photos he discovered in "Anarchy, Protest and Rebellion." His humor, flirtations with art, women, characters, (some famous, some infamous) protests and his pursuit of acting find images and events in his third collection of poetry. It's his point-of-view that's so arresting, his ability to go beyond the ekphrastic, to parse his past, glean details, and ultimately translate into poetry his interactivity with this book. He not only describes photos, but enters them.  His keen eye for his surroundings along with the keen eye of the photographer, Fred McDarrah set up a tandem that moves, surprises, and welcomes the reader to the complexity and intimacy of a life and time.

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About the Author

Paul Lieber is the author of two prior collections of poetry--"Interrupted by the Sea," also from What Books Press, and "Chemical Tendencies," from Tebot Bach and a finalist in the MSR poetry contest. He also received an honorable mention in the Allen Ginsberg Contest. Three times nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Paul produced and hosted "Why Poetry" on Pacifica radio in L.A. Paul's poems have appeared in The Moth, N.Y. Quarterly, Patterson Review, Askew, Poemeleon, Alimentum, Parthelion, Ghost City Review and many other journals and anthologies. He taught Poetry at Loyola Marymount University and facilitated the poetry workshop at Beyond Baroque. Paul works as an actor, playing roles on Broadway, off- Broadway, films and T.V. He currently teaches acting at AMDA in Los Angeles.

Edition details

• Publisher: What Books Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798990014916
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96