books by Larry Levis

books by Larry Levis

books:

Larry Levis

The Afterlife (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary)

Larry Levis

Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1998

Magical and rewarding
If there's one reason you should buy this book, it should be for the longer poem, "Linnets." Lately I have read many longer/sectioned poems that attempt to collect and organize seemingly unrelated images and scenes into a grand statement of something bigger. These ...

The Dollmaker's Ghost (Carnegie Mellon Classic Contemporary)

Larry Levis

Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 1992

Not his best work, but good
I'm a big fan of Larry Levis' work, so I decided to read one of his earlier works. I didn't like this book as much as Winter Stars or Elegy, but it was admirable. These poems blend events and people together creating eerie mystical scenes that will stay with the ...

Selected Levis: Revised Edition (Pitt Poetry Series)

Larry Levis

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003

As good as it gets
I think it was Michael Levenson who said that "It's easy to have an opinion, but so hard to write a sentence that counts." Nearly every one of Levis's sentences counted, through a deep and original sense of line and a voice that easily alternated between the fierce and ...

Elegy (Pitt Poetry Series)

Larry Levis

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997

There is an afterlife, but it is this one.
If we, the reader, are skeptics and believers of the possibility of art, if we imagine that there is another space language occupies outside of that small room that is our lives, if we are willing to accept ironies and unwillingly acknowledge the tragedy that has ...

The Gazer Within (Poets on Poetry)
Larry Levis, John Venable

University of Michigan Press, 2001

The Gazer Within collects the prose of one of America's favorite poets. Refreshingly candid, laugh-out-loud funny, and, at the same time, intimate, the pieces trace Larry Levis's early years growing up on his father's farm, his decision at sixteen to become a poet, and his undergraduate experience in the days of the Vietnam War. In addition to ...

The Widening Spell Of Leaves (Pitt Poetry Series)

Larry Levis

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991

Classic Levis
Great book of poetry from the master of elegies. It's right up there with Winter Stars in my book.

Winter Stars (Pitt Poetry Series)

Larry Levis

University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985

The beauty of Winter Stars is astounding
In Winter Stars, Larry Levis covers death, relationships and his life with a poetic power that is rarely found in modern poetry. These poems include reflections on the poet's childhood, elegies to his father, and observations on the human condition. But the most ...

Some Things You Need to Know Before the World Ends(A Final Evening With the Illuminati).

Levi Lee, Larry Larson

Dramatist's Play Service, 1998

Some things you need to know before the world ends.........
"The Illuminati" is a wonderful journey through the depths of our mortality. It is the story of a worn out preacher and his fight agianst Death and the Devil. Before his last moments on this earth he wants to teach his young apprentice about how to fight the evils of ...