Consolation at Ground Zero FROM THE PUBLISHER
Many poems in this first collection by a poet who has found keen readers in a wide range of literary journals, anthologies, chapbooks, etc. have the tight-knit structure and emotional impact of the best short fictions; their elegaic rhythms and figurative daring lift them to poetry's highest levels. Brooke Horvath imbues even the most mundane scenes and objects - backyards, movie theaters, family snapshots, a lifted spoon, and a garden's zinnias, bush-beans, weeds - with mythic dimensions, the classic pathos of the spirit's endurance in our tragic world. His poetic gifts are amply supported by the scholarship and critical sense that place him in the tradition of E. A. Robinson, Allen Tate, Anthony Hecht, and Richard Howard.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Sixteen scholars critically examine the image of African Americans in the media, and the messages which evolve from mediated representations e.g. the relationship between black men and the police, or the perpetuation of an African American stereotype as poor, violent, and undereducated. Analyzing film, print, television, radio, and music, the discussions are timely, and range topically from Spike Lee and the new ghetto aesthetic to the O.J. Simpson trial and rap music. Paper edition, (unseen) $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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