false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173467273m/293201.jpg 293201 1 <p>"These are ambitious, moving poems, deft, panged, and stunning."-Dean Young</p> <p>"Existential chilliness, mourning, and dread find a uniquely compelling voice in Thomas Heise's poetry. . . ."-Alan Williamson</p> <p>"<i>Horror Vacui</i> offers an often vertiginous account of how death imposes [an] irresistible fact on minds bent on both accommodating and resisting this one inevitable yet impossible truth. . . . And it's this property of being barely held together that makes <i>Horror Vacui</i> so striking. . . . an extraordinary mood piece."-Ray McDaniel<br></p> <p>In his haunting debut collection <i>Horror Vacui</i>, Thomas Heise explores the fear of empty space, a mysterious and abiding absence that is a pronounced presence in this poet's lyrical voice.</p> <p> <b>Thomas Heise</b> holds an MA in Creative Writing from the University of California at Davis and a PhD from New York University. Currently he teaches at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec.</p> 284489 1 4 2006 Horror Vacui: Poems total:25|5:8|4:10|3:5|2:1|1:1| 25 98 34 2 4 1 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jul 18 16:25:37 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 17:03:14 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:53:21 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:27:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 12:01:37 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 12:01:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 04 12:28:50 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 12:28:50 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 08 17:22:07 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 08 17:22:07 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 13:52:03 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 13:52:03 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Sep 19 07:54:57 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 19 07:55:02 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jul 17 08:39:56 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 17 08:39:56 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Jul 05 15:00:39 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 15:00:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Wed Jul 02 11:14:19 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 11:14:19 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jun 27 20:11:16 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 20:11:16 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jun 17 10:14:48 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 10:14:48 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 24 08:10:19 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 08:10:23 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Mar 25 11:17:59 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 11:17:59 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Mar 04 09:47:52 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 09:47:57 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Mar 04 08:09:23 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:09:33 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Fri Feb 15 20:23:17 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 20:23:17 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Feb 10 07:07:27 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 07:07:30 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Feb 05 06:21:56 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 06:21:56 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Dec 23 20:47:56 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 23 20:47:56 -0800 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=293201