Ever generation of poets seems to harbor its own hidden genius, one whose stature and brilliance come to light after his talent has already been achieved and exercised. The same drama of obscurity and
A clarifying, fascinating, urgently needed book on radiation—what it is, what should and shouldn't concern us about it, and what place radiation and radiation-related technologies have in our world.Th
"One of the great original voices of our times?a pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence."?Jack Kerouac"Robert Lax's poems [prove] yet again that the gift to be simple is the gift to be free, that le
"One of the great original voices of our times?a pilgrim in search of beautiful innocence."?Jack Kerouac"Robert Lax's poems [prove] yet again that the gift to be simple is the gift to be free, that le
Robert Lax’s Hermit’s Guide to Home Economics combines three long poems the poet composed on the Island of Patmos, where he lived a life separated from the rest of the world in the natural setting of
The universe was born in a nuclear explosion. We live on a radioactive planet. Without radiation there would be not life. And yet radiation remains deeply misunderstood and often mistakenly feared. No
The American poet Robert Lax belongs to the generation of Thomas Merton, Beat poetry, Abstract Expressionism, and the compositions of John Cage. Yet he stands out as this era’s most intriguing minimal
" J. Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a twenty-year-old sophomore when he was introduced to fellow student Robert Lax (1915-2000) in the Columbia University cafeteria in 1935. They were brought together
A three-pack of our Spring 2015 Poetry Pamphlets, featuring:A Hermit's Guide to Home Economics, by Robert LaxDirt Poem, by Ferreira GullarHospital Series, by Amelia Rosselli
