Publisher's Synopsis
Steeped in the traditions and subject matters of the English-language verse of a Milton scholar, Eric LeMay's first collection of poems, "The One in the Many", breathes life into the dusty halls of formal poetry. But like the work of Donne, Milton, and Wordsworth, who came before him, LeMay's poetry is entirely fresh because of its confident and sassy voice, its logical yet skeptical eye, and its huge heart. "The One in the Many" is experimental in its conservatism - a true and original achievement. "Bird-nesting high among the finest branches, he'd close his fingers on the speckled eggs, and slide them gently in his front pickets. To drain the shell of yolk, he'd pierce both tips (the needle's point was always sharp enough), then purse his lips over one end, then blow." - From "Philos and Sophos". Eric LeMay teaches writing, literature, and film courses at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago and is the assistant editor of "TriQuarterly Magazine". He won the 1999 Discovery Award, and his poems have been published in "The Paris Review", "The Nation", "The Western Humanities Review", and "Antioch Review".
