House on Fontanka

By Earl S. Braggs

Poetry. In 1992 Earl S. Braggs won the Anhinga Prize, selected by Marvin Bell, for HAT DANCER BLUE. In 1998, supported by a summer fellowship from the University of Tennessee, he travelled to Russia. HOUSE ON FONTANKA is the product of that trip to Russia. Braggs' foreword indicates the tone and context of his new book perfectly: I would remember Langston Hughes' trip to Russia and the Negro in the American South movie, intended but never made. I would remember Claude McKay's speech to the Com-Intern and the book of essays America refused to publish. But he goes on, Braggs writes, to find my love had also grown into the profile of Anna Akmhmatova sitting quietly on the banks of the Black Sea... The pages of this book are crowded by people whom he loves like lost and found brothers and sisters. The pages of this book are flooded by love. Acoridng to the poet's own definition, this book is a 'guided, but unguarded tour' -- Yevgeny Yevtushenko

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938078658
• ISBN13: 9780938078654
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Anhinga Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Braggs is a great poet

I took a class from Earl Braggs as an undergraduate at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga some seven years ago. Reading Braggs' works reminds me how great an influence he is on my life. I have not seen him in a long time, but reading his poetry makes me feel like I talked to him yesterday. His latest installment is very passionate. After reading this book, you will want to buy his other works. Get to know Braggs. You will be better for it.