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WAKING BODIES
By (Author) Rex Wilder
Red Hen Press
Red Hen Press
30th January 2006
United States
General
Non Fiction
811.6
Paperback
96
Width 152mm, Height 228mm, Spine 8mm
136g
Yes, it's safe to go back to poetry. In fact, it's highly recommended, thanks to Rex Wilder and his engaging first book of poems. Waking Bodies has already been praised by luminaries as diverse as the metrical Richard Wilbur and the asymmetrical Billy Collins for its qualities of pure enjoyment. The highly popular Collins, a Two-Term Poet La
Rex Wilders poems have appeared in publications such as Poetry, The New Republic, Yale Review, and The Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of Waking Bodies, which takes the tired English of everyday use and brings it back to us refreshed and full of its original surprise, according to Billy Collins. Wilder is editing an anthology called There and Back, featuring original boomerangs from a diverse range of poets around the world and a foreword by Richard Wilbur. He is the Chief Creative Strategist for Advertising for Humanity, a marketing firm specializing in charities and community foundations. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.