The Party Train: A Collection of North American Prose Poetry

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Robert E. Alexander, Mark Vinz, Calvin William Truesdale
New Rivers Press, 1996 - Literary Collections - 353 pages

An extensive collection of prose poems containing the work of both well- and lesser-known poets, this anthology breaks new ground in defining a hybrid literary form. An extensive historical section shows the development of the genre of prose poetry.

Robert Alexander is a poet and editor who divides his time between southern Wisconsin and and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He is the author of White Pine Sucker River: Poems 1970-1990 and Five Forks: Waterloo of the Confederacy, a book of creative non-fiction. He is the editor of the Marie Alexander Poetry Series.

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Autumnal Characteristics
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PatentOffice Hospital Abraham Lincoln
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A Piano In Between Colored Hats
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Copyright

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About the author (1996)

Robert Alexander is an author who attended Lenigrad State University and later worked for the U.S. Government traveling extensively. For over 20 years he was a partner in a very successful St. Petersburg company that operated a warehouse and customs clearance center and dental clinic. He was motivated to write his first book when he was followed by the KGB. Since then he has written over 24 books, including children's fiction, mysteries, and historical novels. He has also written for television and auhtored popular mystery games. His first historical novel of revolutionary Russia, The Kitchen Boy, was a New York Times bestseller, and is being produced for film. C. W. Truesdale's passion for publishing and editing led him to create the New Rivers Press, a haven for fledgling poets. Truesdale's press began the Minnesota Voices Project, a literary competition for emerging authors, and the Many Minnesotas Project, which represented the works of diverse ethnic groups.

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