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Now and Then
by Lee Mallory
Editors: Ricki Mandeville, Michael Miller
ISBN # 978-1-61658-136-7
Lee Mallory’s poems come at us like sudden bursts of light. Whether his setting is laundromat or bar, hospital or hillside, he distills time and place into image and emotion, writing with both wit and profound self-awareness. He writes of dream and desire, ambition and mortality. Of poetry itself: the possibility of the page, the buzz of a poetry reading, the endurance of the word. And always he writes of love. This collection is written in the enviable hand of a poet who knows both the softness and sharp edges of that intimate bond. And when he writes “I am the windmill forever turning in your dusk,” we understand why the words endure.
− Ricki Mandeville
Lee Mallory is a superb writer. His cachet, as it were, has been as a host of poetry readings and tireless supporter of others' work. This book, long overdue, reveals Mallory, the creative craftsman and wordsmith. A romantic dreamer who was born to be a poet.
− John Gardiner
Readers and audience rarely find a poet whose verse moves so elegantly between lively showmanship and an entrancing quietude. No surprise, then, that Mallory's performances, and his words on the page, captivate us equally.
− Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A professor at Santa Ana College, Lee Mallory co-produces the Factory Readings in Santa Ana and Poetry at Alta in Newport Beach, where he has lived most of his life. He was an acquaintance of the late Charles Bukowski and Kenneth Rexroth, and shared time with poet and pop novelist Richard Brautigan. In addition to his seven volumes of poetry and performance features at almost 100 poetry events, Lee has written over 125 poems which have appeared in such magazines as Konglomerati, Mojo Navigator(e), Invisible City, Wisconsin Review, Beyond Baroque and The Smith. He has also been covered frequently in newspapers and is a marathon runner |
