Poetry. LETTERS TO EARLY STREET is a fanciful epistolary experiment, a turning of the traditional letter onto its poetic ear. Originally begun as letters to a colleague, the writing soon transformed into imaginative discourse with the vagaries of a muse, addressing emotions, elements of landscape, and the act of writing itself. LETTERS TO EARLY STREET reconstructs correspondence as an exchange of ineffable narrative filled with the pleasures of existence. "From sea to shining sea, LETTERS TO EARLY STREET illuminates the hidden ecstasies of the quotidian. Albert Flynn DeSilver is a weaver of a lovely shimmering lyric. His is a voice fresh with joy, delightful in its innocence"--Lisa Jarnot. DeSilver has published more than one hundred poems in literary journals worldwide, including Zyzzyva, New American Writing, and Hanging Loose.

Author City: Woodacre, CA USA

ALBERT FLYNN DESILVER has recently begun his tenure as Marin County's very first poet laureate. He is the author, most recently of Letters to Early Street (La Alameda Press, 2007), and Walking Tooth & Cloud (French Connection Press, 2007). Albert has published more than one hundred poems in literary journals worldwide including Zyzzyva, New American Writing, Jubilat, Jacket (Australia), Poetry Kanto (Japan), Van Gogh's Ear (France), Hanging Loose, Exquisite Corpse, and many others. Some of his letters in correspondence with the poet Paul Hoover will be featured in the new book Letters to Poets: Conversations about Poetics, Politics, and Community (Saturnalia Books, 2008).