Fiction. "ECHOES is 'up my alley' so to speak; writing that challenges itself ontologically all the way. This is poetry infiltrating prose, and glistens with a kind of spy-speak, code carefully balanced on code until the layering feels mica-like with a translucent opacity, casual banter with the enemy. Barone is a good writer with a good agenda"—Tim Davis.

Author City: BROOKLYN, NY USA

Dennis Barone is a Professor of English and Director of the American Studies Program at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut. A graduate of Bard College, he received his Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1992 he held the Thomas Jefferson Chair, a distinguished Fulbright lecturing award, in the Netherlands, and in 1997 he received the America Award for fiction. His many books include AMERICA/TRATTABILI (Bordighera Press, 2011), PARALLEL LINES (Shearsman Books, 2011), FIELD REPORT (Quale Press, 2011), NORTH ARROW (Quale Press, 2008), PRECISE MACHINE (Quale Press, 2006), THE WALLS OF CIRCUMSTANCE (Avec Books, 2004), TEMPLE OF THE RAT (Left Hand Books, 2000), THE RETURNS (Sun & Moon Press, 1996) and ON THE BUS: SELECTED STORIES (BlazeVOX [books], 2012).