Description
On a September afternoon in Santa Barbara, a
private jet carrying the members of Poor Ghost-one of America's most storied
rock bands-plunges into the backyard of Caleb Crane, a retired insurance salesman.
Poor Ghost moves back and forth between the impact of the plane crash on
Caleb's life, and an oral history of Poor Ghost, from its beginnings as a
working-class punk band to rock icons.
About the Author
David Starkey served as Santa Barbara's 2009-2011 Poet Laureate. He is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at Santa Barbara City College, Co-editor of the California Review of Books, and the Publisher and Co-editor of Gunpowder Press. Over the past thirty-five years, he has published eleven full-length collections of poetry with small presses-most recently Dance, You Monster, to My Soft Song and What Just Happened: 210 Haiku Against the Trump Presidency-and more than 500 poems in literary journals such as American Scholar, Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, and Southern Review. His textbook, Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief (Bedford/St. Martin's), is in its fourth edition. He is also the author of two composition textbooks: Hello, Writer: An Academic Writing Guide (Bedford/St. Martin's) and Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students (Broadview). Starkey is also a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction (published in American Literary Review, in Cimarron Review, in Living Blue in the Red States, and elsewhere), and a playwright whose plays have been produced across the United States (davidstarkey.net).
More Details
- Contributor: David Starkey
- Imprint: Turner Publishing Company
- ISBN13: 9781684429738
- Number of Pages: 320
- Packaged Dimensions: 139x215mm
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
- Release Date: 2024-05-02
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: David Starkey served as Santa Barbara's 2009-2011 Poet Laureate. He is Founding Director of the Creative Writing Program at Santa Barbara City College, Co-editor of the California Review of Books, and the Publisher and Co-editor of Gunpowder Press. Over the past thirty-five years, he has published eleven full-length collections of poetry with small presses-most recently Dance, You Monster, to My Soft Song and What Just Happened: 210 Haiku Against the Trump Presidency-and more than 500 poems in literary journals such as American Scholar, Georgia Review, Prairie Schooner, and Southern Review. His textbook, Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief (Bedford/St. Martin's), is in its fourth edition. He is also the author of two composition textbooks: Hello, Writer: An Academic Writing Guide (Bedford/St. Martin's) and Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students (Broadview). Starkey is also a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction (published in American Literary Review, in Cimarron Review, in Living Blue in the Red States, and elsewhere), and a playwright whose plays have been produced across the United States (davidstarkey.net).
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