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Robert P. Arthur

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Poetry, Contemporary, Fiction

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Charles Bukowski

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Robert P. Arthur is seventy-seven years old and the author of thirty books: fifteen books of poetry, six poem/plays, four plays in poetry, three lyrical novels and a book of short stories in which poetry is used extensively. A collected works of his poetry and two more plays will be published in 2020. He is known for taking poetry to the stage and using it in dramatic and innovative ways.

Thirty-one of his plays in verse, poem/plays, and other plays have been produced.

A typical poem/play, a form which he arguably invented, consists of a series of poems joined together by music, elements of plot, rising action, and dramatic arc. It is designed to be both read as a book of individual poems and produced as a play.

In 2008 and 2010, he was a fina ...more

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	Winter Tales by Candlelight really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hymn to the Chesapeake it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	BLACK GUM AGAINST THUNDER: New and Selected Poems 1961-2012 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Floyd Collins and the White Angels of Sand Cave: A Full-Length Stage Play 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rasputin: The Libertine: A Full Length Historical Drama 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Master William and the Finman 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Angel Band: An Appalachian Saga for the Stage 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crazy Horse in Heaven 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Robert Arthur answered Goodreads's question: What are you currently working on? I am always working on several works at the same time, flitting between one and another as inspiration and mood take me. Currently I am working on a novel almost ready to publish, three books of poems, including my best love poems, a book of short pl See Full Answer
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Robert Arthur rated a book it was amazing Siddartha by Hermann Hesse	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Robert Arthur liked an answer from Ace Boggess: Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why? Siddhartha and Kamala in Hesse's novel, Siddhartha. Each time he encounters her, she teaches him something new--yearning, passion, fatherhood, grief--that he must learn and then transcend. Ace Boggess
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Robert Arthur liked Scott's review of Another Day's Begun: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in the 21st Century: "I am enjoying Howard Sherman's book ANOTHER DAY'S BEGUN. So much to ponder as I contemplate my longtime affection for OUR TOWN. The insights from others and the recognition of different perspectives found in Sherman's book only deepens my feelings fo" Read more of this review »
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