Synopses & Reviews
Poetry. Nominated for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards 2007. "Art Campbell provides us with brilliant flashes of insight into the mysterious workingsof the legal system. His prose poems are heart-wrenching, powerful, compelling. As an insider, Campbell is in a unique position to provide vivid glimpses at the colorful characters on both sides of the law. His prose poems are full of compassion and a generosity of spirit. In sharing with us his `tales from the trenches,' he reveals the heart and soul of a young trial lawyer"--Nancy Kim, lawyer and author of critically acclaimed novel Chinhominey's Secret.
Synopsis
In TRIAL & ERROR, Campbell opens to the public a level of lawyering seldom revealed in conventional media: the painstaking process by which attorneys build cases for clients, sometimes against hopeless odds, witness by witness, motion by motion, point by point, always alert for unplanned developments that can win or sink the case. For poetry readers Campbell captures a wide range of emotion, perspective, and resonance. Each prose poem stretches vivid images across a different thematic loom, weaving disparate threads into a finished story. This is a highly enjoyable ride. from the Forward by Charles M. Sevilla, Esq. Author's proceeds from the sale of TRIAL & ERROR will be donated to the Innocence Project at California Western School of Law, San Diego, California.
About the Author
Arthur W. Campbell was born in Brooklyn, raised in Appalachia, and scholarshipped to Harvard and Georgetown Universities. Prior to earning his law degrees, he was a road-maintenance worker, janitor, boxer, rugby player, and professional musician. He then became a trial lawyer for and against the government in Washington, D.C. Campbell's poetry has won various prizes and been published in literary magazines and anthologies throughout the United States. Married to the novelist Drusilla Campbell, he now teaches at California Western School of Law in San Diego and trains horses in Lakeside, California.