The Anteroom of Paradise [Paperback]

Bruce Bond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 29, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1878851500 | ISBN-13: 978-1878851505

When some fifteen years ago I first heard Bruce Bond read his poems at the University of Kansas, I knew that he was the real thing, destined to become one of the more important poets of his generation. Since then he has authored five full-length books of poems, each one advancing the cause of the poetic imagination and the reaches of language a little farther, a bit higher. And so I am grateful to SILVERFISH REVIEW PRESS for reissuing his second book, THE ANTEROOM OF PARADISE, highly valuable in its own right for its lyric precision and grace, finely honed lines, and rich verbal textures. A musician as well as a poet, Bond has never abandoned--as so many poets have--the powers of the auditory imagination that so animate ANTEROOM. Rereading it, I recall the pleasures of the large second section on composers, the way it makes poetry seem like the only possible means of articulating a life in music. SILVERFISH has reopened the door to THE ANTEROOM OF PARADISE, and I hope others will enter it to witness and delight in the evolving gifts of one of our finest poets. -- B. H. Fairchild (blurb from back cover)

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About the Author

Bruce Bond's other collections of poetry include Cinder (Etruscan Press), The Throats of Narcissus (University of Arkansas), Radiography (Natalie Ornish Best Book of Poetry Award, BOA Editions), Independence Days (Robert Gross Award, Woodley Press), and four chapbooks. He has won numerous honors including fellowships from the NEA, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and other organizations, and his poetry appears regularly in national journals and anthologies such as Best American Poetry, The Yale Review, The Georgia Review, and The Paris Review. Presently he is Professor of English at the University of North Texas and Poetry Editor for American Literary Review.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Silverfish Review Press (July 29, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878851500
• ISBN-13: 978-1878851505
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,941,671 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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After receiving his BA in English from Pomona College, an MA in English from Claremont Graduate School, and a Masters in Music Performance from the Lamont School of Music, Bruce Bond worked for many years as a classical and jazz guitarist. Then, in 1987, he went on to receive his PhD in English from the University of Denver. Since that time he has taught at the University of Kansas, Wichita State University, Wilfrid Laurier University (in Canada), and most recently at the University of North Texas where he is a Regents Professor of English. His collections of poetry include Choir of the Wells (A trilogy of new books, Etruscan Press, 2013), The Visible (LSU, 2012), Peal (Etruscan Press, 2009), Blind Rain (Finalist, The Poets' Prize; Finalist, TIL Best Book of Poetry Prize, LSU, 2008), Cinder (Finalist, TIL Best Book of Poetry Prize, Etruscan Press, 2003), The Throats of Narcissus (University of Arkansas, 2001), Radiography (TIL Best Book of Poetry Award, BOA Editions, 1997), The Anteroom of Paradise (Colladay Award, QRL, 1991), and Independence Days (R. Gross Award, Woodley Press, 1990). His poetry has appeared in Best American Poetry, The Yale Review, The Georgia Review, Raritan, The New Republic, The Virginia Quarterly, Poetry, and many other journals and anthologies, and he has received numerous honors including the Kesterson Teaching Award (2009) and fellowships from the NEA (2001-2002), Texas Commission on the Arts (1998; only one award given out), the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts (2010; only three awards given out statewide), Bread Loaf Writers' Conference (1993; assisted Donald Justice), Wesleyan Writers' Conference (1996; assisted Henry Taylor), Sewanee Writers' Conference (1994; assisted Anthony Hecht), the MacDowell Foundation (1993), the Yaddo Corporation (1992), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1989), and other organizations. His poetry has won the Milton Dorfman Prize (Rome Center, 1991), the Greensboro Review Literary Award (1989), two River Styx International Poetry Prizes (1999, 2003), two Academy of American Poets Prizes (1984, 1986), the Billee Murray Denny Award (1994), a William Matthews Poetry Award (2011), the Cincinnati Poetry Review Award (1991), the Denver Writer's Award (sponsored by Colorado Federation of the Arts, judged by Ray Gonzalez, 1987), the Plainspeak Poetry Prize (1979), and 21 Pushcart Nominations (each year from 1993 to 2010). In 2002, he was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters. Presently he is Poetry Editor for American Literary Review.