Bøger af Stephen Berg

Ikkyu (1394-1481) was a Japanese monk and Zen master who demounced many of his fellow monks and ridiculed orthodox Zen practices. In this volume, acclaimed poet Stephen Berg presents freely adapted versions o many of Ikkyu's most compelling poems as well as new poems inspired by Ikkyu.

New edition of best-selling Asian title presents the poems of a renowned Zen master.

In X=, Stephen Berg winds through the wreck of longing and loss, navigating the strains of curious beauty with flashes of electrifying clarity. Stripping bare the burdens of gnawing, unknowing fear, Berg has found his way into a voice of great energy and spontaneity, into a form of overwhelming urgency and detail.

Stephen Berg is the author of "Oblivion", "In It", "New and Selected Poems", "Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu", and other books of poetry. The recipient of Guggenheim, NEA, and Pew fellowships, he is founder and coeditor of the "American Poetry Review".