RUMOR OF CORTEZ

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Rumor of Cortez, Levine's second book of poetry, unfolds the compelling dilemmas of a modern man at odds with the endless possibilities of the rapid-fire world. Here are poems that spin and dip into the myths and contradictions presented by history and the driving forces of want--desire amok in the "stopless" world the poet holds dear and

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Jeffrey Levine is the author of two books of poetry, Rumor of Cortez (Red Hen Press, 2005) and Mortal, Everlasting, winner of the Transcontinental Poetry Prize from Pavement Saw Press (2002). Nine times nominated for a Pushcart, he has won the Larry Levis Poetry Prize from The Missouri Review, the James Hearst Poetry Award, the Mississippi Review Prize, and the Kestrel Prize, among others. In 1999 he founded Tupelo Press, an independent literary press with offices in Dorset, Vermont and Charlottesville, Virginia.