The Salt Ecstasies Poems

by White, James L.; Doty, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781555975616
• ISBN10: 1555975615
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-22
• Publisher: Graywolf Press

Summary

The powerful and influential last poems of an unsung master, now again available, with a new introduction by National Book Award winner Mark Doty James L. White'sThe Salt Ecstasiesoriginally published in 1982, shortly after White's untimely deathhas earned a reputation for its artful and explicit expression of love and desire. In this new edition, with an introduction by Mark Doty and previously unpublished works by White, his invaluable poetry is again availableclear, passionate, and hard-earned. The Salt Ecstasiesis a new book in the Graywolf Poetry Re/View Series, edited by Doty, dedicated to bringing essential books of contemporary American poetry back into print.

Author Biography

James L. White was born in 1936. He was the author of four poetry collections. He lived for many years in Minneapolis, until his death in 1981.

Table of Contents

Moon to my earth come from some other space
so totally white at our evening meal,
wearing a coat that will not last the year,
I love you completely as salt.
                    —from “Lying in Sadness”

Excerpts

Moon to my earth come from some other space
so totally white at our evening meal,
wearing a coat that will not last the year,
I love you completely as salt.
                   —from “Lying in Sadness”