Essays Against Ruin Poems by Brian Clements

"Here is a book of poems . . . that meditates on the myriad relationships between nature and history. These well-crafted poems waken the depths and brush up against the mysterious realms of the unspoken . . . "—Ed Hirsch, University of Houston, Final Judge

" . . . a brilliant debut."—Jack Myers, Southern Methodist University

Winner of the 1996 Texas Review Southern and Southwestern Poets Breakthrough Award.

BRIAN CLEMENTS was born in Memphis and raised in Arkansas. He teaches at the University of Texas at Dallas and is the co-founder of Rancho Loco Press. His chapbook, Flesh and Wood, is available from Mbira Press.

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Essays Against Ruin
ISBN 1-881515-09-5 paper $8.00

6x9. 78 pp.

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