Poetry. This new collection of poetry explores the phenomena of poetic sound, of the sounds we hear, those we don't, the meanings that those sounds do or do not convey and the lyricism of poetry, where what he hear is often blurred, misunderstood, confused—all of which, as in our everyday experience, creates significance and an impression of meaning or absence.
Author City: BOLINAS, CA USA
Stephen Ratcliffe's more than twenty books of poetry include NEW YORK NOTES (1983), DISTANCE (1986), [WHERE LATE THE SWEET] BIRDS SANG (1989), SOUND/(SYSTEM) (2002), PORTRAITS & REPETITION (2002), REAL (2007), CONVERSATION (2011), and CLOUD / RIDGE (2011). He is also the author of three books of literary criticism: Campion: On Song (1981), LISTENING TO READING (2000), and READING THE UNSEEN: (OFFSTAGE) HAMLET (2009). He lives in Bolinas, California, and teaches at Mills College in Oakland.