Black Lines on Terracotta - Terry Van Vliet

Poetry. LGBT Studies. "Terry Van Vliet merges the personal and the mythic with seamless grace. Conjuring Orphic lyricism, he weaves the visionary into present-day emotional truth. Van Vliet creates an intensely wide-ranging world. Here are Matisse, Cocteau, J. S. Bach, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and, yes, Captain Beefheart. We come to know the memorable figures of the poet's intimate experience as well, most vividly his loving partner of many years, Jan Keller, to whom the book is dedicated. Read BLACK LINES ON TERRACOTTA to enter writing of unblinking honesty, enthralling language and extraordinary insight. This collection is a deeply valuable contribution to contemporary poetry" Holly Prado."