Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue: Poems

by Ed Pavlić

Book Overview

Winner of the APR/Honickman First Book.

In her introduction Adrienne Rich describes Paraph of Bone & Other Kinds of Blue, as "a fully conceived book, speaking as a whole from the first lines to the last... Mr. Pavlic has listened closely to our most profound American art, the blues and jazz, and that music has not only helped him achieve poetic form but allowed him to explore a mesh of experience extraneous to literary theories.....

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966339584
• ISBN13: 9780966339581
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: American Poetry Review
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

what an amazing surprise - what an amazing talent

jazz poets are a dime a dozen, so when I picked up this slim volume of poetry I had dim hopes. WOw, what a surprise; what verse and verve. Ed Pavlic's work is without a doubt the most profound, original, spirited and unpredictable in the poetry world today. Far beyond jazz, he lifts the word into that rare sphere where music and verse meet. Pass the word; this is a poet to watch and read and tell your friends about.

Jazz and the Written Word!

An excellent mixture of Jazz Rhythms and the spoken word. A true mixture of Art, Music,Emotion, and articulation. A must have for anyone who loves Poetry!