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Author: Barry Wallenstein

Barry Wallenstein is the author of ten collections of poetry, the most recent being Time on the Move, (Xanadu Press, 2020) and Tony's Blues (bilingual - French & English) - (Éditions Pourquoi viens-tu si tard ? 2020), Drastic Dislocations: New and Selected Poems (New York Quarterly Books, 2012). His poetry has appeared in over 100 journals, including Ploughshares, The Nation, American Poetry Review and New York Quarterly. The presentation of poetry readings in collaboration with jazz is a special interest. Barry Wallenstein has made eight recordings of his poetry with jazz, the most recent being titled Lisbon Sunset, (2016), What Was, Was (Audioscope, 2015) and Lucky These Days (Cadence Jazz Records 2013). A previous CD, Euphoria Ripens, was listed among the "Best New Releases" in the journal, All About Jazz (December 2008). Barry is Emeritus Professor of Literature and Creative Writing at the City University of New York and an editor of the journal, American Book Review. www.barrywallenstein.com

At the Surprise Hotel and Other Poems
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At the Surprise Hotel and Other Poems

The Ridgeway Press

Poetry. Music. This new collection of lyric poems is divided into four parts. The first, At the Surprise Hotel, is a sequence set in an international hotel; each of the 19 episodes turns on a surprise. The surprises are emblematic of the various ecc...

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Drastic Dislocations: New and Selected Poems
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Drastic Dislocations: New and Selected Poems

NYQ Books

Poetry. "Drastic Dislocations" is the title poem of the section of new poems in DRASTIC DISLOCATIONS, and this title is consistent with many of his concerns registered in the poetry he began writing in his teens. His first publications were in the T...

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It's About Time
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It's About Time

NYQ Books

Barry Wallenstein's poetry, from his first book in 1977 to now, addresses his awareness of time's swift passing. The poems continue this time-honored theme and its attendant thoughts and emotions. Now in his eighth decade this theme is paramount. Wh...

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