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Thomas James. 1946–1974. Thomas James was born Thomas Edward Bojeski in Joliet, Illinois, where he would live most of his life. His poems, which demonstrate technical skill and the influence of Sylvia Plath, appeared in magazines and anthologies, including, North American Review, Poetry, and Poetry Northwest, which awarded him the Theodore ...
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About this Poet Thomas James was born Thomas Edward Bojeski...
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January 1970 | Dick Allen, Barry Goldensohn, Stephen Grant,...
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He is the author of Of Kingdoms & Kangaroo (2008), A Bridge...
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James died in 1974 at his own hand at the age of twenty-seven, just after the first publication of his only book, Letters to a Stranger. In the years since, it has become deeply admired in poetry workshops across the country, but it was more an underground classic than an object of critical attention.
Letters to a Stranger. By Thomas James. In April we will pierce his body. It is March. Snow is dust over the branches. A pony hunches in the orchard. I stand at the frozen mouth of the river, Thinking of you. In the house where you live. Frost glitters on the windows. Like uncounted pieces of silver.
Susan Azar Porterfield is the editor of Zen, Poetry, the Art of Lucien Stryk (Ohio UP), and she has written on Stryk for Poets & Writers as well as for the Journal of the Midwest Modern Language Association. She has three books of poetry. Bibliography. Brock-Broido, Lucie. “Introduction,” Letters to a Stranger.
Thomas James - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets.
Famous poet / 1817-1881. James Thomas Fields was an American publisher, editor, and poet. He is best known today for his close association with some of the leading literary figures of the American Renaissance.
