By Frank Rossini, MA '74 (curriculum and instruction), MFA '77 (creative writing)
Poetry. Music. "Every moment that invites poetry is a confession of sorts. We confess that we are utterly human in our trials. We slide off the edge of the world, or we climb back up toward a grace that imparts fresh vision and new songs. Frank Rossini's poems are born of stories that emerge from the city-earth of New York City, in the wake of Walt Whitman's long songs. Rossini is a collector of jazz tunes, elegant and noisy birds, and those sacred moments often left behind in the mundane tide of forgetfulness. These poems will remind you that the art of listening is perhaps the greatest art."—Joy Harjo