Description
Poetry. Winner of the Red Mountain Poetry Prize. "'Flames, reflected, turn the Thames / a color it will never be again...' These lines from WHAT LIGHT BECOMES: THE TURNER VARIATIONS by George Looney states themes of his tightly woven and brilliantly meditative collection of lyric verse. Each poem refers to a painting of William Turner and each reaches beyond to explore perception, memory, passion, and art. Focus on this 19th century London painter's work allows the poet to delve into mysteries of the elements and transience. Together, all the pieces of the collection create work of a grand master."—Denise Low
Author Bio
George Looney's previous books have been awarded the Red Mountain Press Poetry Award, The Leapfrog Press Fiction Award, the White Pine Press Poetry Prize, the Elixir Press Fiction Chapbook Award, and the Bluestem Award. He is the founder of the BFA in Creative Writing Program at Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, where he is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing and serves as Editor of the international literary journal Lake Effect and Translation Editor of Mid-American Review. He was co-founder of the original Chautauqua Writers' Festival. He is the author of THE WORST MAY BE OVER (Elixir Press, 2020), WHAT LIGHT BECOMES: THE TURNER VARIATIONS (Red Mountain Press, 2020), and HYMN OF ASH (Elixir Press, 2008).
Author City: USA