Field Knowledge

by Morri Creech, J.D. McClatchy (Foreword by)

The first winner of the Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize contains formal poetry of uncommon grace and profundity that touches betimes upon the infusion of the sacred into the profane, modernity's willful alienation from the sacred, and the delights of verbal wit."" --Booklist ""'Field Knowledge' is intelligent, remarkably dexterous and inventive in its use of form, and-line by line- often dazzling..."" --The Antioch Review

Genres: Poetry

80 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Morri Creech was born in Moncks Corner, S.C. in 1970 and was educated at Winthrop University and McNeese State University. He is the author of three collections of poetry, Paper Cathedrals (Kent State U P, 2001), Field Knowledge (Waywiser, 2006), which received the Anthony Hecht Poetry prize and was nominated for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the Poet’s Prize, and The Sleep of Reason (forthcoming, Waywiser 2013). A recipient of NEA and Ruth Lilly Fellowships, as well as grants from the North Carolina and Louisana Arts councils, he is the Writer in Residence at Queens University of Charlotte, where he teaches courses in both the undergraduate creative writing program and in the low residency M.F.A. program. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife and two children.

Reviews

[Kristin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ick. I LOVED Paper Cathedrals, but this book was torture to get through, and the poems were uninspiring. Big let-down.

[Darlene Young · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like his non-formal stuff best. Interesting subjects.