Apocrypha

by Eric Pankey

Poems deal with such themes as landscapes, the last days of Christ, and the imperfect world

Genres: Poetry

78 pages, Hardcover

First published September 10, 1991

About the author

Eric Pankey is the author of eight previous collections of poetry, most recently The Pear as One Example: New and Selected Poems 1984-2008 and Reliquaries. He is the recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, a Library of Virginia Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Iowa Review, The Kenyon Review, Field, Gettysburg Review, and Poetry Daily, as well as numerous anthologies including The Best American Poetry 2011 (edited by Kevin Young). He is currently Professor of English and Heritage Chair in Writing at George Mason University. He lives in Fairfax, Virginia.

Reviews

[Isak · Rating 5 out of 5]

If I had a nickel for every Eric Pankey line I read and think "gawd I wish I'd been the one to write that"