A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel
By (Author) David Starkey
Biblioasis
Biblioasis
15th April 2010
Canada
General
Non Fiction
811.54
Paperback
72
Width 139mm, Height 215mm
113g
A Few Things You Should Know About the Weasel, by the poet-laureate of Santa Barbara, ranges through philosophy, art and historyboth global and domesticto skillfully chronicle the darkness that is our current age and condition, and the pinpricks of light that may show us the way out.
"Here's a poet who's ambitious and yet playful, who gets at essential truths from a variety of angles and emotions. His writing is sharp and clear and often catches you by surprise."—Jinny Webber, Rattle
David Starkey: David Starkey is the Poet Laureate of Santa Barbara, California, and Director of the Creative Writing program at Santa Barbara City College. Among his poetry collections are Starkey's Book of States (Boson Books, 2007), Adventures of the Minor Poet (Artamo Press, 2007), Ways of Being Dead: New and Selected Poems (Artamo, 2006), David Starkey's Greatest Hits (Pudding House, 2002) and Fear of Everything, winner of Palanquin Press's Spring 2000 chapbook contest.