Ocean (Grove Press Poetry) [Paperback]

Neil Azevedo (Author), Richard Howard (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Grove Press Poetry | Publication Date: March 10, 2005

Neil Azevedo has published poems in The Paris Review, The New Criterion, Prairie Schooner, and Image. His first collection, Ocean, introduces a shadowy world populated with dogs and snakes, suicide and children, sickness and satire, Satan and Christ, yet one doesn't feel soggy with introspection. Instead, wisdom emerges from these often personal and well-articulated lyrics; the reader is moved by the juxtaposition of savagery of subject and delicacy of touch. The verbal and often gothic brilliance of the language is stunning. It's not often that a young poet successfully embraces meter, finding a refined, velvet-toned style, and creates such a stellar debut.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

- Interactional part of a child's small imaginative, manipulative play (i.e. "fisher price little people" fit through the cut outs)
- Visually provides specific subject information
- Excellent vehicle to promote language development (i.e. simple labeling for the toddler to storytelling for the pre-schooler and to actual written expressions for the grade

school child)
- Stimulates both imagination and creativity --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Pam was born in Swindon in August 1919 and educated at St. Catherine's, Swindon and Duncan House, Clifton, Bristol. She left school at 16 and completed a two-year general course at Swindon Art School, followed by a two-year advertising course at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London.

During the war, Pam was employed driving civil defense ambulances and was a civilian MT driver for the RAF.

Pam then worked for several publishers in Fleet Street (Argus Press, Chronicle House, etc). She worked for a number of Advertising Agencies for many years. During this time she lived in various parts of London, finishing up in Hampstead for about 15 years. Designed many greeting cards as a freelance.

Returned to Swindon for personal reasons and worked freelance for Bond Publicity. Pam was introduced to Michael Twinn by her London agent about the time that Child's Play was being launched.

Some years later, she finished working for Bond Publicity and worked exclusively for Child's Play.

Pam now lives in Devizes. She is still working for Child's Play, but not quite as hard!! --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press; First Edition, edition (March 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 080214196X
• ISBN-13: 978-0802141965
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,372,042 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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