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by Richard Hoffman (Author)
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Hoffman has stuck his days and years into the fire and hammered a strong, compassionate, knowing voice out of them. -- William B. Patrick

These are poems of high aspiration and accomplishment, that contemplate large and deep issues with power and conviction. -- John Hildebidle

These poems, in their grace, stamina, agility, are the marathoners who bring us brilliant, troubling news that must remake us. -- Linda McCarriston

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The poems in Richard Hoffman’s Without Paradise have been appearing with regularity in literary magazines and anthologies for years. In this long-awaited volume, Hoffman brings his signature blend of toughness and lyricism to bear on contemporary life, his and ours. In poems that address themes ranging from grief and mourning to political change and cultural criticism, the poet gives voice to the broad range of human concerns both social and existential.

Readers of Hoffman’s celebrated memoir, Half the House, will find in these poems the same intense clarity of vision, the same respect for the hard task of staying human, the same beauty and power.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 85 pages
  • Publisher: Cedar Hill Pubns (August 15, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1891812335
  • ISBN-13: 978-1891812330
  • Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,725,208 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars By an experienced and talented poet, January 5, 2003
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
Richard Hoffman is an experienced and talented poet of considerable expertise who has heretofore been published in numerous literary magazines and anthologies. Without Paradise brings his work under one cover and will well serve to introduce a major poetic talent to a whole new generation of readers. Ghazal: Spare us from men who believe in another world./Save us from men who only believe in this world.//Look at the thief, the murderer, the rapist getting away!/The world is his, the one he believes in, this world.//The martyr's myth-enchanted mind and mumbling lips/and every atom of him gone. See? Believe in this world.//Can we please return to the theme of romantic love?/The killers called it womanly, our belief in this world.//There must be a place where lovers never part and yet/one must be in love and lonely to believe in this world.//I ought to know. I've seen both enemies and lovers die./I ought to but I don't see how to be alive in this world.
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