Poems from Providence, a huge, 180-page compendium of all the
poems Rutherford created during his first years in Providence, Rhode
Island (1985-88), was published in 1991. This great blossoming of neo-Romantic work was inspired by
a change of locale to New England, by H.P. Lovecraft, and a deep immersion in the
classical world, yielding the long "Ganymede" cycle, a prequel to The
Iliad. Other memorable works in this paperback are "The Outsider,"
an elegy for Barbara A. Holland, Treblinka's "Ivan the Terrible," "The
God's Eye: A Summer Diary" tracing a return to native haunts in
Pennsylvania, the cat memorial poems to Thunderpuss, and the first
appearance of the now-famous poem, "At Lovecraft's Grave." Illustrated
with line-drawings by Pieter Vanderbeck.
To commemorate the 20th Anniverary of this volume, the poet has revised a number of the poems, and added six poems that are centered in or around Providence, including new Lovecraft poems and the Poe Providence mystery narrative poem, "Lucy."
This book is being issued simultaneously in three formats: print, a 6x9 ebook in PDF format, and in the Poets Press's new XVIxIX format: a PDF ebook designed for wide 16x9 monitors: i.e., wide monitors on a desktop computer, or 16x9 ratio screens on recent laptops and notebooks. This handsome new layout presents the book in two-page spreads in classic type faces, with maximum legibility. Illustrations and side-notes are included.
This is a prototype of a new ebook layout, so we would appreciate reader feedback!
Published July 31, 2011. 260 pp., 6x9 inches, paperback. ISBN 0-922558-58-2. CLICK HERE TO ORDER FROM AMAZON.
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