Gathering over one hundred previously uncollected and new poems, together with four previous books,
The Blessing
provides a necessary overview of a surprising and deceptively accessible poet.
"Skillful, direct, and surprisingly delicate."-
The Village Voice
Richard Jones
was born in London and educated at the University of Virginia. His first book of poetry,
Country of Air
(Copper Canyon Press, 1986), won the Posner Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers. He published
At Last We Enter Paradise
in 1991 and
Perfect Time
in 1994.
Jones has edited
Poetry East
since 1979 and has edited two critical anthologies
Poetry and Politics
and
Of Solitude and Silence: Writings on Robert Bly
. He is a professor at DePaul Universityin Chicago.