About the Author

RICHARD KATROVAS is the author of eight books of poetry, three memoirs, a book of stories, and a novel, and is the editor of an anthology of post-1989 Czech poetry. The recipient of several grants and awards, he taught for twenty years at the University of New Orleans and for the past thirteen at Western Michigan University. He's the founding director of the Prague Summer Program for Writers.

Reviews

"Katrovas revives the choral lyric form of Bacchylides and Pindar, and, following Dryden as the single modern precursor, bravely explores the form's possibilities for late twentieth century verse. . . . [These poems] never forsake the pathos of genuine desire."--Carolyn Forrch� "The Georgia Review"

"Dithyrambs is a quirky, spectacular monument."--Sydney Lea "The Georgia Review"

Originality of this kind is rare. . . large and ambitious. Katrova's Dithyrambs [are] bold and fascinating."--Donald Justice "The Georgia Review"

Praise for Richard Katrovas "Tough, direct, gritty, full of wonder . . . there is nothing meek about Mr. Katrovas. . . . He sings with an authority that is guided by compassion, by an unblinking eye for what is beautiful within what is not."-- "The New York Times Book Review"