Poetry. Dan Beachy-Quick confirms the promise of his first book and greatly extends the range and scope of his writing with this brilliant fantasia on a theme by Herman Melville. This multi-layered poetic work engages with Melville's text as well as with myth and with the ideas of spiritual quest, the role of the writer, and the nature of language. Rewarding multiple readings and affording continual discoveries, SPELL is a major work for the new century by an assured and gifted poet. "Intelligent, compassionate, exquisite, Beachy-Quick's is a unique voice in contemporary poetry"—Cole Swensen.

Author City: FORT COLLINS, CO USA

Dan Beachy-Quick attended Hamilton College, the University of Denver, and the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently assistant professor of English at Colorado State University. His work includes CIRCLE'S APPRENTICE (Tupelo Press, 2011), THIS NEST, SWIFT PASSERINE (Tupelo Press, 2009), APOLOGY FOR THE BOOK OF CREATURES (Ahsahta Press, 2009), A Whaler's Dictionary (Milkweed Editions, 2008), MULBERRY (Tupelo Press, 2006), SPELL (Ahsahta Press, 2004), and NORTH TRUE SOUTH BRIGHT (Alice James Books, 2003).

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