Time and Fevers

<DIV class=Section1><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify><EM><STRONG>Winner of the 16th Annual Writers Digest Self-Published Award for Poetry 2008</STRONG></EM></P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify><EM><STRONG>An Eric Hoffer Book Award Winner 2007</STRONG></EM></P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify>I am always happy to drop everything--pretty nearly--when I make the acquaintance of a new poet as good as E.M. <SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb</SPAN>. <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:PersonName> James</st1:PersonName> Dickey</P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify>The poems of E.M. <SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb</SPAN> shine calmly even as they buzz with energy; are <SPAN class=SpellE>connaissant</SPAN> with the world and yet transcendent of it; make something deeply funny and yet highly sad--given a world and a time and a good mind's eye.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>This is the work of a mature intelligence its ironies unadulterated by cynicism and its swells informed by understatement. Heather McHugh</P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb's</SPAN> poetry is rich with humor and an almost <SPAN class=SpellE>gestaltic</SPAN> sense of clarity; this unique voice allows him to maintain a tonal unity while moving through a variety of forms. Raymond Thibodeaux New Delta Review<?xml:namespace prefix = o /></P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb</SPAN> draws from science art literary history and popular culture balancing these subjects in a thoughtfully conceived and organized book.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Lurking behind all is the danger and violence of life--call it man's and nature's inhumanity to each other--which <SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb</SPAN> handles maturely without cynicism and often with a humor that places him somewhere between Marvin Bell and Kenneth Koch. Todd <st1:City><st1:place>Verdun</st1:place></st1:City> The Carolina Quarterly</P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify>I think Ed <SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb</SPAN> is one of our very finest poets.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Some of the poems are breathtaking both for their literary skill and for their human appeal.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>E.M. <SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb's</SPAN> work has range variety wit depth and a zest for both language and life. Anthony S. Abbott poet and author of the Novello Prize winning novel <EM>Leaving Maggie Hope</EM></P><P class=MsoNormal style=TEXT-ALIGN: justify><SPAN class=SpellE>Schorb's</SPAN> poems are good modern poems on a high literary level--some are touched with greatness.<SPAN style=mso-spacerun: yes> </SPAN>Cornel <SPAN class=SpellE>Lengyel</SPAN> poet playwright publisher: Dragon's Teeth Press</P></DIV>