Synopses & Reviews
Travel back in time to the period of extraordinary growth and vitality that was Renaissance Europe. Meet Michelangelo, Machiavelli, and the Medicis. Experience the daily life and workings of a Renaissance town. View some of the most beautiful and important art works in the world. In glorious full-color photographic spreads, Renaissance documents Europe's emergence from the Dark Ages into an era of unparalleled enlightenment and creativity in the realms of politics, arts, literature, technology, and innovation.
Synopsis
Renaissance, Ruth Forman's second collection, speaks of the timeless themes of family, death, love, and rebirth in the inimitable voice Booklist called 'sexy, bittersweet, funny, feisty, and real.' With poetry that conveys a defiant, enlivened spirit and has won her acclaim, Ruth Forman measures the losses and celebrates the future of a generation.
About the Author
Ruth Forman is the 1992 grand prize winner of the Black History Month Marathon, sponsored by In the Company of Poets, and of the Barnard New Women Poets Prize, for her previous book, We Are the Young Magicians. Her work has also been featured in the PBS series The United States of Poetry, and published in book and CD form. She lives in Los Angeles.