Perennial Earth: Poetry by Wallace Stevens and Paintings by Alexis Serio

This beautiful coffee-table book, produced on high-quality paper, pairs over thirty notable poems by Wallace Stevens, one of America’s greatest 20th century poets, with an equal number of inspiring paintings by contemporary artist Alexis Serio. Each two-page spread features a poem on one page and a corresponding painting on the other. Both poet and artist use landscape to express the full register of human thought and feeling as they celebrate our unique home on planet Earth. One reader, who initially purchased one book and then ordered five more as gifts, “The book is a feast for the eyes and the mind.”
“ Perennial Earth is an intellectual and emotional masterpiece that will not disappoint. Each marriage of painting and poem pays tribute to words of the poet ‘The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.’”—Michael Escoubas, review in Quill & Parchment
“ Perennial Earth is not ‘a compensation for what has been lost,’ to borrow a phrase from Stevens, but a celebration of what is. Both painter and poet are seen here, as Stevens puts it, ‘ploughing North America,’ with flourishing results.” —Dennis Barone, poetry editor of The Wallace Stevens Journal
“The combination of Alexis Serio’s remarkable paintings with well-known poems by Wallace Stevens creates a joyful dance celebrating the ever-changing planet of which we are a part.” —Jacqueline Vaught Brogan, author of several books on 20th century poetry, including Part of the American Cubist Poetry