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William L. Fox

"William L. Fox's poems are like haiku. They describe the Southwest, and deserts in particular, in images made up of single words and simple phrases repeated, inverted, and rearranged ... the poem evoke vivid pictures ... If you have ever been in the desert at night or in winter snow, you know the beautiful emptiness and silence. Fox's poetry captures that in a way conventional poetry couldn't. There's a visual beauty to the poems. Their starkness on the page is like tracks in the snow. The Black Rock Press did a fine job of presenting them."?Laughing Bear Newsletter. 1994.

Bill Fox is a poet, artist, critic, editor, arts consultant, board member, and publisher. He has published 13 books and chapbooks of poetry in three countries, over 200 poems in 60 magazines, and numerous exhibitions of art from Nevada to Washington, D.C. and abroad. He has been the literary advisor to UNR?s Brushfire, founding editor of neon, the artsletter of the Nevada State Council on the Arts, and founder of the West Coast Poetry Review and Press. The former director of the Nevada Arts Council lives in Los Angeles.

The book features a cover printed letterpress at the Black Rock Press.

1994. 65 pgs. $10.00