Consideration of the Guitar - New and Selected Poems

This collection balances ample selections from award-winning poet Ray Gonzalezs six previous books with 30 new poems. Gonzalezs early poems are dominated by Southwest desert landscapes and deal with the pressure of conflicts between border cultures. More recent poems upend prevailing stories about historical figures, artists, and writers, create new animal myths, and push traditional boundaries of the free verse lyric deeper into surrealism.
Ray Gonzalez has published 14 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction and has edited 12 anthologies. He is the poetry editor of "The Bloomsbury Review "and founder of the poetry journal "LUNA," He is a full professor in the MFA creative writing program at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

About the author

Ray Gonzalez has authored numerous books of poetry, non-fiction, and fiction, and edited twelve anthologies. He is poetry editor for The Bloomsbury Review, and founding editor of the poetry journal Luna. He is a full professor in the MFA Creative Writing Program at The University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

Product details

• Authors: Mr Ray Gonzalez, Ray Gonzalez
• Publisher: BOA Editions, Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.10.2005
• EAN: 9781929918706
• ISBN: 978-1-929918-70-6
• No. of pages: 205
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 340 g
• Illustrations: Illustrations
• Series: American Poets Continuum; American Poets Continuum
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama