Poetry by Joseph Ceravolo
June 1, 1994 • 6 x 9 • 150 pages • 978-1-56689-021-2
The Green Lake Is Awake is a compilation of selected poems by Joseph Ceravolo. Edited by Larry Fagin, Kenneth Koch, Charles North, Ron Padgett, David Shapiro, and Paul Violi, this book includes works which initially appeared in Fits of Dawn, Wild Flowers Out of Gas, Spring in This World of Poor Mutts, Transmigration Solo, Millennium Dust, An Anthology of New York Poets, Locus Solus magazine, and Art and Literature magazine. This is the first major book in over twenty-five years to make Ceravolo’s work widely available.
About the Author
The first recipient of the Frank O’Hara Award for Poetry, Joseph Ceravolo created several astonishing collections of poetry before his early death. Born in New York, he earned his living as a hydraulics engineer. The Green Lake is Awake is the first major book in over twenty-five years to make Ceravolo’s work widely available.