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Published July 2011.
Charles Bane Jr., a Chicago native, is a globally published poet. This is his first chapbook.
"Charles Bane Jr.'s work does not only stand on the shoulders of giants, it shrinks them, makes them less daunting and more manageable, and translates their seemingly forgotten ideology into a modern tongue. He accomplishes an extraordinary task in balancing the past with the present, all the while communicating a sense of unison and heartfelt understanding between poet and reader. In a time where we have all seemed to lose sight of one another in pursuit of personal gain, this connection--one that is genuine, unselfish, and even divine--almost seems impossible, something to be admired but never experienced."
- Patrick Pressl, The Huffington Post
"We aren’t used, in this ravaged era, to poems of happiness, and yet that rarity is what Charles Bane, Jr., offers us. An offering it is, nor can we doubt that this poet conceives poetry as a sacramental endeavor, with human love as our nearest approach to the divine. He takes Buber’s “I and Thou” a step further to form what he calls a “monotheism of we.” Judaism is supremely the religion of reinterpretation, and this poet’s embodiment of it demonstrates that historical tragedy finds its best answer in the tender bonds we form in order to choose not death but life."
- Alfred Corn, a Guggenheim Foundation fellow and author of nine books of poetry.
Illustrated by Canadian artist Isabelle Pruneau.
Designed by Polish-born artist Karolina Faber.
ISBN: 978-0-9834228-1-5978
LCCN: 2011932426
Perfect bound. 5.5" x 8.5"
Color illustrations.
84 pages.
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