Award-Winning Poet Brings Postmodern Style to Life in Mathematics of Love
Mathematics of Love: Poems by John Edwin Cowen is poetry in the vein of E.E. Cummings and Jose Garcia Villa.
Tucson, AZ, July 13, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Anaphora Literary Press is pleased to promote the publication of John Edwin Cowen’s first collection of poems.
Mathematics of Love is a poetry collection in the tradition of E. E. Cummings, Jose Garcia Villa and Dylan Thomas. Cowen embraces the postmodern craft of creating "sullen art." Villa helped Cowen build his poetic craft as his mentor and friend, and the residues of his influence can be clearly discerned.
“Concise, witty, subtle, these works move on the page with the ease of seasoned dancers on the stage. Cowen has a distinct taste for the lyrical, with a poetic lineage that includes Jose Garcia Villa, E. E. Cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Dylan Thomas, and Emily Dickinson. And his language is as alive as it is exacting. The poems in Mathematics will leave you, as the poet declares in one, ‘feeling / closely lobbied / by a / widened soul.’ Amen!” —Luis H. Francia, author, Museum of Absences
“Like his mentor Jose Garcia Villa, John Edwin Cowen is a brave poet. He takes poetic risks with language and the result is often a beautiful flower behind the barbed wire of craftsmanship. I love the variety of poems in Mathematics of Love and the charged-up voice that powers all the work. He can be tender, challenging, energetic, and as complex musically as Villa and his other love, Dylan Thomas. I recommend this book to all those who care about poetry and who care about the human spirit.” —Peter Thabit Jones, Swansea Poetry Magazine
John Edwin Cowen is the Parnasus Literary Journal’s first prize winner in international competition. He has published poems widely in major literary magazines and is a former co-publisher of Bravo: The Poet’s Magazine, founded in 1980 by the late poet, Jose Garcia Villa. He is editor of the Penguin Classics centennial volume: Doveglion: The Collected Poems of Jose Garcia Villa, published in 2008. Cowen is a Professor of Literacy and Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He earned his doctorate at Columbia University. Mathematics of Love: Poems by John Edwin Cowen is the poet’s first published collection of poems.
(Soft Cover: $15, Hard Cover: $30, ISBNs: 978-1-937536-01-5/ 978-1-937536-08-4, LCCN: 2011939734, 6X9″, 134pp)
Anaphora Literary Press is an independent publisher that has published dozens of creative and non-fiction books. Among these publications is the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, a tri-annual journal, which has published best-selling authors like Cinda Williams Chima and Carrie Ryan. The press is a member of The Independent Book Publishers Association and The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Anaphora authors have done readings at major venues. Several titles have been assigned in college classes, and reviewed in major academic, trade and news publications. The Press’ Director, Anna Faktorovich, is an English professor.
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Director: Anna Faktorovich, Ph.D
(520) 425-4266
5755 E. River Rd., Unit 2201
Tucson, AZ 85750
director@anaphoraliterary.com
www.anaphoraliterary.com
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Mathematics of Love is a poetry collection in the tradition of E. E. Cummings, Jose Garcia Villa and Dylan Thomas. Cowen embraces the postmodern craft of creating "sullen art." Villa helped Cowen build his poetic craft as his mentor and friend, and the residues of his influence can be clearly discerned.
“Concise, witty, subtle, these works move on the page with the ease of seasoned dancers on the stage. Cowen has a distinct taste for the lyrical, with a poetic lineage that includes Jose Garcia Villa, E. E. Cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Dylan Thomas, and Emily Dickinson. And his language is as alive as it is exacting. The poems in Mathematics will leave you, as the poet declares in one, ‘feeling / closely lobbied / by a / widened soul.’ Amen!” —Luis H. Francia, author, Museum of Absences
“Like his mentor Jose Garcia Villa, John Edwin Cowen is a brave poet. He takes poetic risks with language and the result is often a beautiful flower behind the barbed wire of craftsmanship. I love the variety of poems in Mathematics of Love and the charged-up voice that powers all the work. He can be tender, challenging, energetic, and as complex musically as Villa and his other love, Dylan Thomas. I recommend this book to all those who care about poetry and who care about the human spirit.” —Peter Thabit Jones, Swansea Poetry Magazine
John Edwin Cowen is the Parnasus Literary Journal’s first prize winner in international competition. He has published poems widely in major literary magazines and is a former co-publisher of Bravo: The Poet’s Magazine, founded in 1980 by the late poet, Jose Garcia Villa. He is editor of the Penguin Classics centennial volume: Doveglion: The Collected Poems of Jose Garcia Villa, published in 2008. Cowen is a Professor of Literacy and Education at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He earned his doctorate at Columbia University. Mathematics of Love: Poems by John Edwin Cowen is the poet’s first published collection of poems.
(Soft Cover: $15, Hard Cover: $30, ISBNs: 978-1-937536-01-5/ 978-1-937536-08-4, LCCN: 2011939734, 6X9″, 134pp)
Anaphora Literary Press is an independent publisher that has published dozens of creative and non-fiction books. Among these publications is the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, a tri-annual journal, which has published best-selling authors like Cinda Williams Chima and Carrie Ryan. The press is a member of The Independent Book Publishers Association and The Council of Editors of Learned Journals. Anaphora authors have done readings at major venues. Several titles have been assigned in college classes, and reviewed in major academic, trade and news publications. The Press’ Director, Anna Faktorovich, is an English professor.
If you would like to know more information about this topic, please contact:
Anaphora Literary Press
Director: Anna Faktorovich, Ph.D
(520) 425-4266
5755 E. River Rd., Unit 2201
Tucson, AZ 85750
director@anaphoraliterary.com
www.anaphoraliterary.com
Ordering Information:
Pay Anaphora by PayPal or Credit Card
www.amazon.com
www.booksamillion.com
www.barnesandnoble.com
Baker and Taylor:
http://www.btol.com
E-mail: orders@btol.com
Ingram Book Company:
http://ingrambook.com/default.aspx
E-mail: orders@ingrambook.com
Phone: (800) 937-8000
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http://anaphoraliterary.com
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