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False Prophet

Stan Rice

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English
Random House USA Inc
15 June 2005
Stan Rice, who died in December 2002, was a poet of unique, uncompromising vision.

Joy and brutality, faith and faithlessness, the beauty of truth and, at times, of

untrut--these opposing forces come together one last time in his final book of poetry,

a haunting collection of psalms.

Beginning with his ""Psalm 151""--that is, taking

up where the Bible leaves off--Rice calls us to his own kind of prayer and contemplation.

""Lord, hear me out,"" he begins. ""At the point of our need / The storehouse shares

its shambles."" An elegant, passionate, tragic lament for our condition, Rice's homemade

psalms exhort us indirectly to accept our fate--the world as it is. In the brave,

unshrinking manner that has characterized his whole career, Rice has written a profound

farewell.
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Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Dimensions:   Height: 159mm,  Width: 233mm,  Spine: 7mm
Weight:   141g
ISBN:   9780375710339
ISBN 10:   0375710337
Pages:   80
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Stan Rice (1942 - 2002) was the author of seven previous collections of poetry. For many years he was a professor at San Francisco State University. He received the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Academy of American Poets, among other awards. Rice, who was also a painter, was a longtime resident of New Orleans, where he lived with his wife, the novelist Anne Rice, and their son, the novelist Christopher Rice.

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