A Thing That is
By Robert Lax
1997
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The author's first book of new poetry published in the United States since the 1960s explores the limits of abstract, minimalist, and experimental concrete poetry.
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Author
Robert Lax
Author · 7 books
Robert Lax (30 November, 1915 in Olean, New York – 26 September, 2000 in Olean) was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt. After a long period of drifting from job to job about the world, Lax settled on the island of Patmos during the latter part of his life. Considered by some to be a self-exiled hermit, he nonetheless welcomed visitors to his home, but did nothing to court publicity or expand his literary career or reputation.
