Other Edens: Volume 33 - Paperback

by Ash Bowen (Author)

Other Edens captures the heartache that arises from hope's repeated failures. The poems explore how grief (re)shapes belief and how death (re)shapes memory. Readers of Frank Stanford's poetry might find a kinship between his and Bowen's depictions of menace in the world, particularly in the rural South, where violence patiently waits to be useful to someone. Bowen's poems are stark and terse, eschewing any poetic impulses to repaint the world as anything but a demoralizing series of crushing disappointments.

Author Biography

ASH BOWEN taught creative writing at a number of universities, including the University of Alabama, Minot State University, and, most recently, Arkansas State University-Queretaro, Mexico. He has been the recipient of a Mona Van Dyun Scholarship from Sewanee Writers' Conference, and his work has appeared in New England Review, Kenyon Review Online, Rust+Moth, Best New Poets, and Best of the Net. His first book of poetry, The Even Years of Marriage, was winner of the Orphic Prize.