Poetry Pamphlets 17-19

by Robert Lax, Ferreira Gullar, Amelia Rosselli

New Directions Poetry Pamphlets 17-19 A three-pack of our Spring 2015 Poetry Pamphlets,

A Hermit's Guide to Home Economics, by Robert Lax

Dirt Poem, by Ferreira Gullar

Hospital Series, by Amelia Rosselli

192 pages, Paperback

First published June 30, 2015

About the author

Robert Lax (30 November, 1915 in Olean, New York – 26 September, 2000 in Olean) was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt. After a long period of drifting from job to job about the world, Lax settled on the island of Patmos during the latter part of his life. Considered by some to be a self-exiled hermit, he nonetheless welcomed visitors to his home, but did nothing to court publicity or expand his literary career or reputation.