Ordinary Time by PaulMariani Paperback, 82 Pages, Published 2020 by Slant Books ISBN-13: 978-1-63982-030-6, ISBN: 1-63982-030-2
"With Ordinary Time, his eighth collection, the distinguished poet and biographer Paul Mariani shares a vision of the world in which the sacred and the quotidian mingle, sometimes quietly and sometimes with revelatory force."
The Whole Harmonium(Reprint) The Life of Wallace Stevens by PaulMariani Paperback, 504 Pages, Published 2017 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-2438-0, ISBN: 1-4516-2438-7
"An "incandescent....redefining biography of a major poet whose reputation continues to ascend" (Booklist, starred review)--Wallace Stevens, perhaps the most important American poet of the twentieth century. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) lived a richly imaginative life that he expressed in his poems. "A biography that is both deliciously readable and profoundly knowledgeable" (Library Journal, starred review), The Whole Harmonium presents ..."
The Mystery of It All The Vocation of Poetry in the Twilight of Modernity by PaulMariani Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2019 by Paraclete Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64060-333-2, ISBN: 1-64060-333-6
"Paul Mariani has spent fifty years writing poetry that celebrates the vibrant sacramentality of life in the twilight of Modernity, and writing the lives of some of our greatest modern poets. This is a life-spanning collection of his prose explorations of what it means to be a person of wonder and imagination."
"Click here to listen to an audio interview with Paul Mariani This provocative collection of new poems is the latest in a series of Paul Mariani's rich contributions to American literature. These spiritually searching poems develop themes of personal loss - the deaths we experience - as well as the quest for new life often known as tranfigurations. Barry Moser, one of the world's foremost book designers and illustrators, has created a s ..."
The Whole Harmonium(1st Edition) The Life of Wallace Stevens by PaulMariani Hardcover, 496 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon & Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-2437-3, ISBN: 1-4516-2437-9
"A perceptive, enlightening biography of one the most important American poets of the twentieth century—Wallace Stevens—as seen through his lifelong quest to find and describe the sublime in the human experience.Wallace Stevens lived a richly imaginative life that found expression in his poetry. His philosophical questioning, spiritual depth, and brilliantly inventive use of language would be profound influences on poets as diverse as Wi ..."
Epitaphs for the Journey New, Selected, and Revised Poems (Poiema Poetry) by PaulMariani, Barry Moser Paperback, 234 Pages, Published 2012 by Wipf & Stock Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-62032-191-1, ISBN: 1-62032-191-2
"In Epitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected and Revised Poems, Paul Mariani revisits forty years of writing poems, including revising many of his earlier lyrics, to shape his latest volume into a life lived and lived again over the past seven decades. The eight sections--or cantos--each composed of twelve poems, cover roughly a decade apiece and contour Mariani's search for answers to the constant interplay of the felt presence of the My ..."
The Whole Harmonium The Life of Wallace Stevens by PaulMariani 496 Pages, Published 2016 by Simon And Schuster ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-2439-7, ISBN: 1-4516-2439-5
"“I am glad that you share my interest in Tal Coat,” Stevens had written Paule
Vidal back in May. Already one French critic had noted that Pierre Tal-Coat was “
one of the few young painters from whom it seems possible to expect a new
reality.” When, in late September, the Tal-Coat still life he'd ordered from Vidal
arrived, he'd found it to his surprise “so much cooler and richer and fresher” than
he'd expected. He loved “the strong ..."
William Carlos Williams A New World Naked by PaulMariani 900 Pages, Published 2016 by Trinity University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59534-765-7, ISBN: 1-59534-765-8
"In particular, I want to thank the Interlibrary Loan Co-ordinators, Ute Bargmann
and Edla Holm. This biography was aided at several critical junctures by
research grants from the Graduate Research Council of the ... Fearing that I have
forgotten some who were there during my ten-year odyssey ... First and foremost I
want to thank Dr, William Eric Williams, without whose help I could not have
approached his father with anything like ..."
Dream Song The Life of John Berryman by PaulMariani 578 Pages, Published 2016 by Trinity University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59534-767-1, ISBN: 1-59534-767-4
"... of Morgan Blum's, and he was called upon to be one of the speakers at the
memorial service held for Blum that October. His friend had died, he said, “
unfulfilled—like most of the rest of us—as a poet, critic, & teacher.” He
remembered with affection Blum's lecturing on War and Peace and the long
review of his Stephen Crane, which turned out to be “the most intelligent
American notice that book received.” But mostly he remembere ..."
The Hindus(1st Edition) An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger, PaulMariani Hardcover, 800 Pages, Published 2009 by Penguin Press Hc, The ISBN-13: 978-1-59420-205-6, ISBN: 1-59420-205-2
"From one of the world?s foremost scholars on Hinduism, a vivid reinterpretation of its history An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth that offers a new way of understanding one of the world?s oldest major religions, The Hindus elucidates the relationship between recorded history and imaginary worlds. Hinduism does not lend itself easily to a strictly chronological account: many of its central texts cannot be ..."
Gerard Manley Hopkins A Life by PaulMariani 496 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin ISBN-13: 978-1-101-07883-9, ISBN: 1-101-07883-9
"Then there is Edward Sidgreaves, twenty-eight, from Preston, and Walter Diver
Strappini, nineteen, from Guernsey, a recent convert. ... But of the Long Retreat
itself no notes have survived, though we know the general stages through which
he would have ... its disordered affections and then, after their removal, of
seeking and finding God's will in the ordering of our life for the ... Week includes
meditations on the life of Christ ..."
"Gathers letters between Williams and Sanford, a fellow writer, about literary criticism and the craft and business of writing"
Thirty Days On Retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius (Compass) by Paul L. Mariani Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2003 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-14-219615-1, ISBN: 0-14-219615-0
"Go be quiet and pray for 30 days and you might come to know yourself--and your God, too. That's what Paul Mariani found out when he went on retreat with the Exercises of St. Ignatius, as he explains in Thirty Days. Mariani, a poet and literary critic, spent the month of January one year at a retreat center on the rocky Atlantic coast near Gloucester, Massachusetts. During that time he confronted his past experiences as a father, husban ..."
"These collections of Stevens and Williams, about 250 items assembled over the past twenty years include fascinating and unique items ranging from each of Stevens's and Williams's school days in the 1890s throughout their lives until shortly ..."
"This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump—and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Don ..."
William Carlos Williams(Reprint) A New World Naked by PaulMariani Paperback, 900 Pages, Published 2016 by Trinity University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59534-764-0, ISBN: 1-59534-764-X
"William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) emerged alongside Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Frost, and Yeats as one of the foremost poets of the 20th century. Paterson, Williams's epic masterpiece, raised everyday American speech to the highest levels of poetic imagination. A finalist for the national Book Award and a New York Times Notable Book, William Carlos Williams: A New World Naked is a remarkable, rich blend of art and scholarship. From a smal ..."
"In Epitaphs for the Journey: New, Selected and Revised Poems, Paul Mariani revisits forty years of writing poems, including revising many of his earlier lyrics, to shape his latest volume into a life lived and lived again over the past seven decades. The eight sections--or cantos--each composed of twelve poems, cover roughly a decade apiece and contour Mariani's search for answers to the constant interplay of the felt presence of the My ..."