Donald Revell is a professor of English at the University of Utah, where he also serves as director of creative writing. He is a former editor of the "Denver Quarterly " and is currently a poetry editor of the "Colorado Review." Revell is the author of eight collections of poetry.
Revell seems to me a major new voice in American poetry. Again and
again I was surprised by the calm ease of his effortlessly
propelled lines which always took me to unexpected places even when
they sounded most reassuring and familiar. He wears his transparent
style modestly, yet it kept making me sit up and take notice. . . .
He has found a language of great strength and elasticity and he is
using it to say remarkable things. I am convinced he will say great
things in it.--John Ashbery
Revell's elegiac poems move quietly and thoughtfully through a
group of juxtaposed subjects: absence and presence, grief and joy,
reality and story, the poet's testimony set against the realization
that 'so many things arrive as themselves and need / no witness.' .
. . Revell represents a prevalent poetic style, the sincere and
personal reverie with philosophic implications. He handles this
mode with near flawless grace.--Booklist
Revell's poems for the most part are about that moment in between
loss and resignation, pain and hope, joy and reconciliation. He is
the poet in the middle of things, looking both ways, savoring the
complexity of the situation, wanting to let go of the one and move
on to the other. Revell's poetry records this zone of intense
reality when the mind sees exactly the way things are, and the
heart comprehends the possibilities for itself. It is a rich
environment for any artist, and Revell's language and style are
well suited to the challenge.--Choice
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