Effluences from the Sacred Caves
More Selected Essays and Reviews
Hayden Carruth
Collects essays and reviews by one of America's foremost poets, essayists, and jazz aficionados
About the Book
The contribution of Hayden Carruth to literary theory lies principally in the sector of the relationship between art and life. Over the past thirty years, working partly from a base in secular existentialist thought and partly from his own experiences as a working poet, he has trained his sights on the procedures of human imagination and the responsibilities of the artist. Most of his writing has been in scattered essays and reviews, many hundreds of them, from which the generous selection in Effluences from the Sacred Caves has been taken.
Hayden Carruth's books of poetry include Scrambled Eggs and Whiskey: Poems 1991-1995, Collected Shorter Poems, and Collected Longer Poems. His awards include the Lannan Literary Award, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
