Time Being

by Joseph Torra

Written between December 2006 and December 2007, this long poem/journal/improvisation records in one long rush a year's worth of observations and events. Torra's eyes and ears pull in everything about life that comes his way -- fatherhood, family, food, writing, art, music, the urban environment, and more. In keeping open to everything, he attunes the reader to the art of living.

154 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2012

About the author

Torra was raised in a working class, Italian-American home in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was editor of the literary journal "lift". He has been a lecturer in creative writing at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.