W. S. Di Piero is one of the most capable and wide-ranging poet-critics of his generation. His essays are contemplative, analytical, and interdisciplinary, critical yet arising out of his own artistic practice. Di Piero looks at interrelations between the arts, and at the ways in which the arts express aspects of contemporary culture as well as the individual temperaments and gifts of their makers. These essays are elegant and passionate tributes to the intersection of art and self.
W.S. DI PIERO is a professor of English and creative writing at Stanford University. His books includeOut of Eden, Shooting the Works,and the poetry collectionsBrother Fire, Shadows Burning,andSkirts and Slacks.Bookforum,theNew Yorker,theNew York Times Book Review,andPoetryhave all featured his work. A regular contributor toThreepenny Review,he also writes a regular column on the visual arts for theSan Diego Reader. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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