David Starkey published his first poem in 1988, and for the past 18 years he has been a fixture of the American small press. While Starkey's poetry has appeared in hundreds of literary journals and a number of limited edition books and chapbooks, this is the first time his major work has been collected in a single volume. Readers acquainted with Starkey's poems will recognize his wry voice, impeccable ear, and wide range of form and subject matter. New readers will find much to admire in the writing of this accomplished yet underappreciated poet.

Ways of Being Dead

Literature & Fiction

David, Starkey

Poetry

Artamo Press

Homer's Odyssey springs to life in comically witty, psychologically rich poetry full of epic resonance in Randall J. VanderMey's Charm School: Five Women of the Odyssey. In dramatic monologues and dialogues, the drama of Odysseus's long-delayed homecoming from the Trojan War is told as a series of encounters with five strong women: Circe, Calypso, Nausicaa, Athena, and Penelope. The famed encounters are there--the Cyclops, the Lotus Eaters, the Clashing Rocks, the descent into the Underworld--but the real story here is one of seduction, faithfulness, devotion to duty, and the ultimate testing of love. Who is the greater hero in the end: tardy Odysseus or long-suffering Penelope? Though full of contemporary references, Charm School is true to its Homeric source; it will make a thought-provoking addition to any course in Greek mythology.

Charm School: Five Women of the Odyssey

Randall J. VanderMey

American poet David Starkey's Adventures of the Minor Poet was originally published by a small press in Wales. Although it has been out of print for years, the book has become something of an underground classic on both sides of the Atlantic. This new edition from Artamo Press includes the best work from the original edition as well as a significant selection of new poetry. As titles like "The Minor Poet Watches Cable TV with the Ghost of Marianne Moore" and "The Minor Poet Writes to a Friend Whose Work Is More Successful Than His Own" suggest, the poems in this collection are sardonic, wistful and sometimes quite moving.

Adventures of the Minor Poet

Libido Dreams: New and Selected Poems

Glenna Luschei

The Doves Flew High

David Krieger

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