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Review Tar River Poetry"I don't think I know of another poet who has such vertical range and depth; Buckley manages to have one foot in the physical muck and tenderness of the world and the other foot planted among the stars and galaxies of the universe. What I also like is his formal restlessness, the different ways he uses to reach his subjects. Peter Everwine""The consistently high quality of his work, his prodigious output and the ceaseless ambition of his poems has made Christopher Buckley a poet who deserves the attention of any reader interested in the poetry of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century."--Al Maginnes, Tar River PoetryThe consistently high quality of his work, his prodigious output and the ceaseless ambition of his poems has made Christopher Buckley a poet who deserves the attention of any reader interested in the poetry of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.--Al Maginnes "Tar River Poetry""I don't think I know of another poet who has such vertical range and depth; Buckley manages to have one foot in the physical muck and tenderness of the world and the other foot planted among the stars and galaxies of the universe. What I also like is his formal restlessness, the different ways he uses to reach his subjects."--Peter Everwine "Tar River Poetry" Product description First edition. Presentation on title page from the author. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of author follows text. A.L.s. from the author to Michael and Diane Peich laid in. viii , 87, 3 pages. stiff paper wrappers. 8vo.. From the Back Cover Buckley accepts our glorious 'inconsequences' with pride and dignity. He writes about a world that is good enough in itself and doesn't need to call everything into question. There is deep nostalgia here, but also wisdom and common-sense; and beautiful writing. I welcome him at his maturest, poet of stardust. --Gerald Stern I don't think I know of another poet who has such vertical range and depth; Buckley manages to have one foot in the physical muck and tenderness of the world and the other foot planted among the stars and galaxies of the universe. What I like also is his formal restlessness, the different ways he uses to reach his subjects. --Peter Everwine About the Author CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY's most recent book is Sky. With Gary Young Buckley, he is the editor of The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place, and Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems & Poetics from California. He has received a Fulbright Award in Creative Writing to visit the former Yugoslavia, four Pushcart Prizes, two awards from the Poetry Society of America, and NEA grants in poetry for 2001 and 1984. He is currently a 2007-2008 Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry. He teaches in the creative writing Program at the University of California Riverside.