Karl Plank presents The Grace of Falling Things

About the Book:

A tree is cut down and one listens to the silence of its falling after the noise of the chainsaws that cut it down...a slow drench of effort forms itself into sweat, followed by the relief of rain...night falls. This thoughtful collection of poems reveals, as the title indicates, the mystery and grace of falling things. The poems in The Grace of Falling Things are those of a thoughtful and attentive poet, and they are a joy to read.

About the Author:

A poet and religion scholar, Karl Plank is the J.W. Cannon Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina. His creative works include A Field, Part Arable (Lithic Press) and BOSS: Rewriting Rilke (RedBird Chapbooks) and his recent scholarly work is The Fact of the Cage: Reading and Redemption in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest (Routledge). He is a Pushcart and Best of the Net nominee and a past winner of the Thomas Carter Prize (Shenandoah).

He grew up in the Highlands of Louisville, attending Belknap Elementary, Highland JHS, and Atherton HS ('70). He holds degrees from Hanover College (B.A. '74) and Vanderbilt University (M.Div., M.A. Ph.D).

Host or Publisher Susan Norton