Oracle Figures by Pankey, Eric (2003) Paperback

by Eric Pankey

This is Pankey's sixth book, showing a poet in mid-career who is known for his elegant lyrics and classical purity of phrasing. John Taylor in The Antioch Review called Pankey's work "an arduous spiritual 'pilgrimage' of the highest metaphysical order."

Genres: Poetry

Paperback

First published April 15, 2003

About the author

Eric Pankey is the author of eight previous collections of poetry, most recently The Pear as One Example: New and Selected Poems 1984-2008 and Reliquaries. He is the recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, a Library of Virginia Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, Field, Gettysburg Review, and Poetry Daily, as well as numerous anthologies including The Best American Poetry 2011 (edited by Kevin Young). He is currently Professor of English and Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.