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Tom Kryss

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Cleveland, Ohio, The United States

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Tom Kryss, an author, artist and publisher, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1948. Kryss published works for many writers involved in Cleveland's emerging poetry scene during the 1960's and continued to publish throughout his life. Some of his own works include Sleep Like Yellow Thunder: Poems, In a Time Without Sunflowers, and Sketchbook. Kryss resided in Ravenna, Ohio.

Also known as T.L. Kryss and t.l. krzywkowski.

T.L. Kryss is an outsider's outsider and as sweet a poet as I've ever encountered. He was part of the Cleveland poetry scene in the Sixties that had d.a. levy as its catalyst and got hammered hard by the police What Tom Kryss does, more than any poet I know, is strip away excess and cut to the bone. He staked out a modest turf and Tom Kryss, an author, artist and publisher, was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1948. Kryss published works for many writers involved in Cleveland's emerging poetry scene during the 1960's and continued to publish throughout his life. Some of his own works include Sleep Like Yellow Thunder: Poems, In a Time Without Sunflowers, and Sketchbook. Kryss resided in Ravenna, Ohio.

Also known as T.L. Kryss and t.l. krzywkowski.

T.L. Kryss is an outsider's outsider and as sweet a poet as I've ever encountered. He was part of the Cleveland poetry scene in the Sixties that had d.a. levy as its catalyst and got hammered hard by the police What Tom Kryss does, more than any poet I know, is strip away excess and cut to the bone. He staked out a modest turf and then hunkered down and stayed there. So that what he writes is unencumbered and fraught with the particular, which is the unique, which is the only way to get a handle on the universal. What he writes always gives you something and never takes anything away.
-John Bennett (from the Introduction to The Search for the Reason Why: New & Selected Poems)

It is heartening to see Bottom Dogs Press join in the effort to preserve the masterpieces that got lost in the 20th Century's howls and whimpers, juvenile boasts and frostbitten theories. Tom Kryss is a poet who sees the world as puzzles within puzzles. The puzzles can be Rubic's cubes or jigsaw pieces that form an image of the Berlin Wall or the boundless energy of a little girl who can't remain confined in her grandfather's lap when they visit her father in prison. Kryss' narratives and parables include some of the best most open descriptions of the mimeo revolution yet written, and memories of his friend and mentor, d.a.levy. As a poet completely free from pretension, trendiness, and poses, Kryss' verse achieves a cleanliness which many of his contemporaries strove for but could not manage. Line after well-paced and modulated line offers fascinating stories and meditations without strain or waste. In one of the many odd twists of fortune that surround the neglect of this opus, Kryss may be the supreme master of patience when that gift has been nearly forgotten. Aside from the satisfactions of reading Kryss' poems, he may be giving his readers a model of how to talk to each other.
-Karl Young ...more

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	The Search for the Reason Why: New and Selected Poems (Harmony Series) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music in the Winepress, Parrots in the Flames it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sketch Book it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Season of Open Waters: Selected Poems by Tom Kryss, Green Panda Press (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Sunflower Wars by Tom Kryss, Hilary Krzywkowski (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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