Man Living on a Side Creek: And Other Poems

By Stephan Torre

Book Overview

Carefully wrought and passionate, Stephan Torre's poetry considers life and work on the edge of wild lands, wrestling with one of the central paradoxes of the human condition: the drive to change and conquer the very wilderness that is the source of sanctuary and spiritual renewal. Wilderness settings permeate Torre's work, from Wyoming's flathead Lake to the south-central coast of California to the spruce forests and subsistence farms of British Columbia's Frazier River Valley. Images evocative of manual labor also abound-axle grease, wood shavings, machinery rusting in abandoned fields- as Torre realizes his themes with unprecedented empathy and lyric intensity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814782078
• ISBN13: 9780814782071
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: NYU Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"