During the Beauty Shortage

by Charles Rafferty

In his third collection of poetry, Charles Rafferty proves once again that he is among the elite of American poets with his skillful use of form and lyricism, combined with his keen narrative observations.

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 15, 2005

About the author

Charles Rafferty is a poet, editor, and director of the MFA program at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a B.A. in Literature and Language, and later received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Arkansas. He has published four books of poetry along with several chapbooks, had his work published in The New Yorker and RATTLE, and in 2009 received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship.