Ripe (Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry) [Paperback]

Roy Jacobstein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 12, 2002 | Series: Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry

Winner of the The Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, selected by Edward Hirsch, Ron Wallace, General Editor

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Nothing in Roy Jacobstein's large experience - a union barbershop in mid-century Detroit, the obstetrics ward in a Cambodian refugee camp, the 'befuddlement' of childhood, the wisdom of the nursing child, the lab, the boardroom, the luminous common heritage of the printed page--nothing appears to have been lost on him or, thanks to him, on us. In a world beset with loss, this exhilarating, mindful, compassionate book allows us the dream of wholeness. It is tonic for the soul. It is (of how many books can this be said?) from poem to poem and vista to vista, good company."-Linda Gregerson

About the Author

Roy Jacobstein is a physician and former official of the United States Agency for International Development. He has received the Randall Jarrell Prize for his chapbook Blue Numbers, Red Life and has been a finalist for the Academy of American Poets' Walt Whitman Award. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Paperback: 92 pages
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press; 1 edition (September 12, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0299182541
• ISBN-13: 978-0299182540
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,902,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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