The Springhouse

by Norman Dubie

Contains thirty poems on love, childhood, religion and the anguish of war and poverty

Genres: Poetry

56 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1986

About the author

Norman Dubie is the author of over eighteen books, often assuming historical personae in his works. A recipient of numerous fellowships and awards (including the NEA, Guggenheim, and the Ingram Merrill Foundation), Dubie is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop. He teaches in the graduate Creative Writing Program at Arizona State University, in Tempe, AZ, where he is Regents Professor of English.

Reviews

[Scott Holstad · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I lived in Tempe and Phoenix, I used to hang around Dubie's office, not so much because I admired his work -- I didn't -- but because it was an area crowded by high profile, good quality poets and writers, such as Ai, who I admired quite a bit but who kept to herself, and Alberto Ríos, who I also thought decently of and who was semi-famous and had the respect of the "literary" establishment, but who's fame seemed to have been fleeting. Such is life. My fame fled long ago. Dubie? Too famous for too little, but this volume of poems may have been one of his better ones. Recommended for those who love the "literary establishment's" "acceptable/legitimate" poets while ignoring so much more real quality out there. I personally always gravitated to the Long Beach School of Poetry, as made famous by Edward Field in Poets and Writers Magazine...

[Gary McDowell · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the poem "Hummingbirds."

[Matt Morris]

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