Oracle Figures

Poetry. "Whether reading in sand the movements of a snake, or opening a book by chance to a significant phrase, one is made to adjust one's eyes to the glimmering darkness, as traditional narrative is stripped away, replaced by a sustained visionary lyricism, the four sections resembling a mandala. While slowly, inexorably, and astonishingly, ORACLE FIGURES 'tightens like a slipknot around nothing and undoes itself,' the end is still to renew our vision of the world" -Arthur Sze. Eric Pankey has, with previous books, won the Poetry Award from the Library of Virginia and the Walt Whitman award from the Academy of American Poets.

About the author

Eric Pankey was educated at the University of Missouri and the University of Iowa. His awards include the Academy of American Poet's Walt Whitman Award, an Ingram Merrill Foundation grant, and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Fairfax, VA, and teaches at George Mason University.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Pankey
• Publisher: Ausable Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2003
• EAN: 9781931337076
• ISBN: 978-1-931337-07-6
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 223 mm x 148 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 270 g
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama