Description: Poetry. Fiction. Cultural Writing. Keith Taylor's collection of poems, short stories and creative non-fiction, GUILTY AT THE RAPTURE delights readers with its austere and gentle sensibility. "All things good would rise / into air, pulled from dirt and sky, / from cars left driverless / below, slamming into trees" Taylor coordinates the undergraduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan and formerly managed Shaman Drum, a leading independent book store. Author of five poetry chapbooks and a collection of very short stories, LIFE SCIENCE AND OTHER STORIES, his work has appeared in such publications as Story, The Alternative Press, The Southern Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Notre Dame Review, Witness and HANGING LOOSE.
Brief description: Keith Taylor coordinates the undergraduate program in creative writing at the University of Michigan and formerly managed Shaman Drum, a leading independent book store. His work has appeared in such publications as Story, The Alternative Press, The Southern Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Notre Dame Review, Witness and Hanging Loose, as well as in several chapbooks. His collection, Life Science and Other Stores, was published by Hanging Loose Press in 1995. Battered Guitars: Poetry and Prose of Kostas Karyotakis
Review Quotes: "Delightful collection of short prose.... Recommended."