The poems in Daniel Mark Epstein’s eighth poetry
collection range from the kind of solid and accomplished works
for which he is known to astonishing pieces that are near-spiritual
encounters. Always an assured poet, Epstein employs inventive
rhythms to remarkable effect in these new poems, and it often
seems as if the reader is not so much reading the poems as
remembering them. And with the discovery each poem brings,
there is a “shock of recognition,” as though these
elusive yet essential ideas have been present all along. The
Glass House is an amazing book—wonderful in its
evocations of nature, encouraging sometimes, often elegiac
and even heartbreaking.
One of America’s most versatile writers, Daniel
Mark Epstein is a poet, biographer, and dramatist
whose work has been widely published and performed. His writing
has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker,
The New Republic, and many other magazines and anthologies.
He is the author of seven prize-winning books of poetry and
five highly acclaimed biographies, including The Lincolns:
Portrait of a Marriage. His honors include the Rome Prize
in 1978, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1984, and an Academy Award
in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
in 2006. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland. |
