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God is in the Cracks
"This book draws on Rosicrucian in the Basement and
Heavenly Sex (Black Moss Press) and includes a dozen new poems in the
father-son series. The poems here are sequenced to form a narrative spanning
60 years (1945 - present) and are best read in the order printed."
-- Robert Sward, from Author's Notes
More about God is in the Cracks
Black Moss Press $17.00
ISBN: 0-88753-422-8
The
Collected Poems, 1957-2004
"What I would really like to say about The Collected Poems of Robert
Sward would not be a book review. I would like to say: Listen to this! ..."(from
Amazon.com book review)
More about The Collected Poems (including excerpts)
Black Moss Press $25.00 $12.50 On sale!
Heavenly
Sex
The New York Times Book Review
...fierce, new minted and convincing... he [Sward] has a voice and a range.
Black Moss Press
$9.95
Rosicrucian
in the Basement
From the Publisher
"I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries between father
and son that people don't talk about.... The father figure comes through
consistently, there's a lot of buoyancy, and the son is consistent and fine
too."
- Robert Bly, author of Iron John
More about Rosicrucian in the Basement
Black Moss Press
$10.00 U.S.A.
Rosicrucian
in the Basement - Audio CD
Of the "Rosicrucian in the Basement" audio CD, Dana Gioia says,
"The CD is terrific... Rosicrucian in the Basement unfolds perfectly
at its own pace and never loses the listener." --Dana Gioia, author
of Can Poetry Matter?
CD, read by author - available only via PayPal
$14.95
Four
Incarnations, New & Selected Poems
"The startling, perfect lines, the twists, the playfulness, the magical use of speech rhythms and colloquial speech make Sward a writer I never tire of, always find delightful. His delight in what is always colored with what can be lost, a sense of what has been lost, adds to the poignancy, the caught moment or memory of a distant caught moment. I'm so glad he's back with this delicious collection..." from reader Lyn Lifshin's review on Amazon.com
Coffee House Press
$14.95
Poetry,
Review
& Interview with Jack Foley
Recorded for Jack Foley's Poetry Show, KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CA with Jack and Robert reading from "Heavenly Sex" and "Rosicrucian in the Basement." Includes Foley's broadcast review of Sward's work and conversation between these two San Francisco Bay Area poets. An Uncle Dog Audio Production with assistance from Audio Goddess.
CD
$14.95