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Where Skulls Speak Wind (Winner, 2004 Texas Review Poetry Prize)
Larry Thomas
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Description for Where Skulls Speak Wind (Winner, 2004 Texas Review Poetry Prize)
Paperback. Anyone who has walked the dry, dusty hills outside Alpine, at the foot of the Davis Mountains, will know a little of what Larry Thomas writes about. He grew up in this hot, dry country, where survival was everything, and the terrors of nature were spiritual lessons. His poems celebrate a hard place, but one of rare beauty and depth. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 145.
Anyone who has walked the dry, dusty hills outside Alpine, at the foot of the Davis Mountains, will know a little of what Larry Thomas writes about, with mastery and skill, and deep understanding. Larry Thomas grew up in this hot, dry country, where survival was everything, and the terrors of nature were spiritual lessons. His poems, taut, taciturn, chiselled out of the silence he learned there, are achingly pure lyrics; and are fables in their own way. These poems celebrate a place I love, a hard place, but one of rare beauty and depth, and, in ... Read more
Anyone who has walked the dry, dusty hills outside Alpine, at the foot of the Davis Mountains, will know a little of what Larry Thomas writes about, with mastery and skill, and deep understanding. Larry Thomas grew up in this hot, dry country, where survival was everything, and the terrors of nature were spiritual lessons. His poems, taut, taciturn, chiselled out of the silence he learned there, are achingly pure lyrics; and are fables in their own way. These poems celebrate a place I love, a hard place, but one of rare beauty and depth, and, in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Texas Review Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
Huntsville, United States
ISBN
9781881515647
SKU
V9781881515647
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About Larry Thomas
Larry D. Thomas, born and raised in West Texas, currently resides in Houston and Galveston. His three previous poetry collections received several prizes and wards: Amazing Grace, the 2001 Texas Review Poetry prize, the 2003 Western Heritage Award for the Outstanding Poetry Book of 2002, and a 2002 Spur Award Finalist citation (Western writers of America); The Woodlanders, a ... Read more
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