false 3167748 1 <p>"Al Maginnes effortlessly merges the experimental and the metaphysical, the erotic and the spiritual. His wit, humor, and command of metaphor far surpass the fashionable, talky cynicism of his contemporaries."-Peter Johnson</p><p>The speakers of these poems find themselves "coming to our destination / from the wrong direction." And because we arrive from the wrong direction, we must witness the ruins of landscapes and people. Yet each of these catastrophes is balanced by the understanding that humans are contradictory creatures, capable of creating beauty as well as chaos.</p><p><b>Al Maginnes</b> is the author of several collections of poetry. He teaches at Wake Technical Community College in Raleigh, North Carolina.</p> 3199739 1 10 2008 Ghost Alphabet (White Pine Press Poetry Prize) total:3|5:1|4:1|3:1|2:0|1:0| 3 12 4 0 3167748 1893996212 9781893996212 3 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3167748.Ghost_Alphabet 5 0 false Sun Nov 15 16:31:38 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 16:31:38 -0800 2009 3167748 1893996212 9781893996212 3 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3167748.Ghost_Alphabet 3 0 false Fri May 15 14:55:27 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 14:55:27 -0700 2009 3167748 1893996212 9781893996212 3 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3167748.Ghost_Alphabet 4 0 false Sun Jun 14 14:12:21 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 06 07:42:15 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 14 14:12:21 -0700 2009 3167748 1893996212 9781893996212 3 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3167748.Ghost_Alphabet 0 0 false Sun Jun 22 06:24:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 06:24:00 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3167748