The present volume draws on nine book-length collections of Thomas’s poetry, and includes a generous selection of new poems.Five of the collections are comprised of poems of geographic place, four of which are set primarily in Texas. His fifth “place” collection is set on the coast of Maine. The poems selected from his remaining collections range in subject matter from outlaw bikers to ekphrasis; from the avian world to an asylum for the criminally insane.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: Larry D. Thomas
EAN: 9781680030242
COUNTRY: United States
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WEIGHT: 0 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Texas Review Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 2015-06-05
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GENRE: POETRY / American / General
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Poetry by individual poets
Larry D. Thomas, 2008 Texas Poet Laureate and resident to Alpine, Texas, USA earned his BA in English literature from the University of Houston. For twenty-five years, until his retirement in 1998, he had a career in social service and adult criminal justice, He is the author of several collections of poetry.
