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Andrew Elkins, the author of The Great Poem of the Earth, contends that not only is Ferril the first major poetic voice to emerge in the Rocky Mountain West, but also that his verse can stand alongside, compare favorably with, and complement (through its different vision) the best modern American poetry. At the heart of Ferril's work is a vision of humankind's harmony with the world around it - a vision that distinguishes the poet from most of...

Jeremy Elkins is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at Bryn Mawr College. Andrew Norris is Associate Professor of Political Science and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

In "The Poetry of James Wright" the author traces Wright's formal evolution and concentrates on his consistent themes: the artist's role in society, the artist's search for poetic and personal identities, the power of poetry as fortification against the onslaughts of time, and the definition of a good and humane action.

A sad fact of our region's literary heritage is that too many poets receive too little attention, " writes Andrew Elkins. In Another Place Elkins sets out to right that wrong.Many good poets live and have lived in the West, and the literary world can benefit from extended discussions of writers whose lives and work were formed west of the hundredth meridian.A consistent theme in this poetry is that the West, as a land of imposing geography, ha...