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Praise Nothing: Poems
Finalist: 2013 Miller Williams Poetry Prize
- GenresPoetry
68 pages, ebook
First published February 1, 2013
About the author
Joshua Robbins
11 books31 followersJoshua Robbins was born in Berkeley, California, and grew up in the East Bay. He currently lives in San Antonio.
His first book, Praise Nothing, was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2013 as part of the prestigious Miller Williams Series in Poetry. Eschatology in Crayon Wax was published in 2024 by Texas Review Press: The University Press of SHSU. His recognitions include, among others, the James Wright Poetry Award, the New South Prize, Best New Poets, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference.
After earning an MFA in Poetry at the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from the University of Tennessee, he joined the English Department at the University of the Incarnate Word where he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing. His primary teaching areas are poetry writing, trauma writing, and creative nonfiction.
His first book, Praise Nothing, was published by the University of Arkansas Press in 2013 as part of the prestigious Miller Williams Series in Poetry. Eschatology in Crayon Wax was published in 2024 by Texas Review Press: The University Press of SHSU. His recognitions include, among others, the James Wright Poetry Award, the New South Prize, Best New Poets, and a Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in poetry from the Sewanee Writers' Conference.
After earning an MFA in Poetry at the University of Oregon and a PhD in English from the University of Tennessee, he joined the English Department at the University of the Incarnate Word where he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing. His primary teaching areas are poetry writing, trauma writing, and creative nonfiction.
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November 8, 2017
Robbins is talented--a fine craftsman making good use of music, paying steady attention to line and stanza--but the subject matter of this volume, the suburbs, its too easy, and Robbins' poems only skate the surface. That said, something very, very real and personal happens on page 43 in "A Force too Familiar"--I won't spoil it. It's in this poem we finally come to know and feel the speaker, and it's from here I hope his future collections begin.
November 30, 2013
I'm not a fan of poetry, but this collection is exceptional in its encapsulation of sorrow.
March 8, 2013
Gorgeous book, inside and out. Must read for 2013.
March 26, 2013
Gorgeous language. Robbins has an ear like nobody's business.
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