The Man on the Tower - Poems

Charles Rafferty works in masks, voices, and personae. Winner of the fifth annual Arkansas Poetry Award, The Man on the Tower consists of dramatic monologues and fables about “the man” the many incarnations of our lives that are not allowed, cannot be lived, or are kept darkly hidden. Made believable in the lines of Rafferty’s poems, his characters show us their desires, complaints, and obsessions, often revealing what they would want to keep concealed, the shameful and the wild.

About the author

Charles Rafferty published a chapbook, The Wave That Will Beach Us Both, prior to winning the 1994 Arkansas Poetry Award. He has a B.A. in literature from Stockton State College, New Jersey, and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Arkansas, and is a recipient of the Academy of American Poets Prize, the Felix Christopher McKean Award, and the 1991 Lily Peter Fellowship. He lives with his wife, Wendy, in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania.

Product details

• Authors: Rafferty, Charles Rafferty, Milton D. Rafferty
• Publisher: The University of Arkansas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1995
• EAN: 9781557283405
• ISBN: 978-1-55728-340-5
• No. of pages: 78
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 221 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 132 g
• Series: Arkansas Poetry Award; Arkansas Poetry Award
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama