The Richard Peabody Reader
Bethesda, MD: Alan Squire Publishing, 2015. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. xxviii, 435, [1] pages. Illustrated stiff cover with front and back flaps. Inscribed by the author (Peabody) on the title page. The inscription reads Thanks Shelia! Thanks so much. Great to see you again! Richard Peabody. Introduction by Michael Dirda. Appendix: Timeline. Richard Peabody is a poet, editor, and publisher, based in Washington, D.C. A native of the Washington DC metropolitan region, Peabody received a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland in 1973 and a M.A. in Literature from American University in 1975. Peabody is perhaps best known as one of the founding editors for Gargoyle Magazine, which he largely funded with his own income. He is also editor for the anthology series Mondo and runs a small press called Paycock Press. Paycock Press was originally established in 1976 to publish Gargoyle Magazine, but it also has released a number of anthologies and works by individual authors. Peabody's own fiction and poetry is often set in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region. It is often noted for strong influences from the Beat Generation and experimental authors of the 1960s such as Ken Kesey. During his writing and publishing career, Peabody has taught fiction writing for the University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins University, and the Writer's Center. In addition, Peabody has taught creative writing courses and workshops at St. John's College, Writer's Center, Georgetown University, and University of Maryland. Filling an important gap in the literary world, The Richard Peabody Reader is a wide-ranging selection of this great writer's poetry and prose. It is organized into sections entitled: Sex & Love, Pop & Culture, War & Peace, Home & Families, Reading & Writing, and Sugar Mountain As a publisher, Peabody's steadfast dedication to that which is new, challenging, innovative, and dynamic has won him a wide reputation among writers whose work he has championed. This volume demonstrates those same values, embodied in nearly four decades of fiercely smart, sophisticated, and often very funny writing. From his first collection of poems, I'm in Love with the Morton Salt Girl, to his most recent collection of short stories, Blue Suburban Skies, Peabody has established and developed a thoroughly unique voice, both warm and piercing, to deliver content that ranges from the hilarious, as in the short story Flea Wars, to the bittersweet, as in the poem The Other Man is Always French, to the elegiac, as in the poem in Civil War Pieta, to the absurd, as in the rollicking farce of the short story, Bad Day at Ikea. Peabody's aesthetic is all-embracing, strands of punk, beat, experimental, feminist, and political protest literary influences blend with the purely romantic to create a body of work that is both profound and pleasing. This series is devoted to career-spanning collections from writers who meet the following three criteria: The majority of their books have been published by independent presses; they are active in more than one literary genre; and they are consistent and influential champions of the work of other writers, whether through publishing, reviewing, teaching, mentoring, or some combination of these. Modeled after the readers popular in academia in the mid-20th centuries, our Legacy Series allows readers to trace the arc of a significant writer's literary development in a single, representative volume. Condition: Very good / No DJ issued.
Keywords: Sex, Love, War, Peace, Home, Families, Reading, Writing, Sugar Mountain, Pop Culture, Morton Salt Girl, IKEA, Zelda, Louise Brooks, Mitchum, Zombies, Jean Genet, Georgia O'Keefe, Chimichanga, Peppermint Schnapps, Derek Walcott, George Myers, Literary
ISBN: 9780984832989
[Book #84674]
Price: $500.00