The Boxer of Quirinal

Barr, John

ISBN 10: 1636281044 / ISBN 13: 9781636281049

Published by Red Hen Press, 2023

Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G1636281044I3N00

Synopsis:

All animals struggle to survive. In John Barr's poems the success of the heron hunting, the albatross breeding, the inchworm spinning give proof of life. But for us that struggle includes the eternal presence of war. Does the fall of Rome, the Battle of Shiloh, the Normandy Landings––and today's wars—give proof of life or only of the struggle?

About the Author:

John Barr grew up in a rural township outside Chicago. An honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, he served on Navy destroyers for five years, including three tours to Vietnam. His poems have appeared in the New York Times, Poetry, and Flaunt Magazine among many periodicals, and in anthologies published by Bloodaxe Books, National Geographic, and the Anthology of Magazine Verse & Yearbook of American Poetry. He was president of the Poetry Foundation and publisher of Poetry magazine for its first decade. The Boxer of Quirinal is his fifth book of poems to be published with Red Hen Press, and his tenth to be published over the past thirty years. He currently resides in Greenwich, CT.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Boxer of Quirinal
Publisher: Red Hen Press
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket