Fires of Heaven - Nicola, James B
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In his previous full-length collections, poet James B. Nicola has taken readers to New York City, backstage at the theater, and into the world of art and artists. Now the destination is of another order, the very Fires of Heaven, where a soul may smolder not only from blind faith but also through questioning, contemplation, and searing skepticism. By journey's end, the reader comes full circle, as this sequence of "religious" poems (or are they?) aims to achieve precisely what the etymology of the word religion suggests, linking us once again to divine creation, to the miracle of everyday existence, and, perhaps even more urgently, to each other.…mehr

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In his previous full-length collections, poet James B. Nicola has taken readers to New York City, backstage at the theater, and into the world of art and artists. Now the destination is of another order, the very Fires of Heaven, where a soul may smolder not only from blind faith but also through questioning, contemplation, and searing skepticism. By journey's end, the reader comes full circle, as this sequence of "religious" poems (or are they?) aims to achieve precisely what the etymology of the word religion suggests, linking us once again to divine creation, to the miracle of everyday existence, and, perhaps even more urgently, to each other.
Autorenporträt
James B. Nicola's poetry books are more than collections; each one takes the reader on a particular journey with a beginning, middle, and end. Manhattan Plaza (2014) "reads like a biography or memoir . . . with the thoughtfulness of an architect's blueprint or a tour guide's Baedeker," according to Vermont Literary Review, while Great Weather for Media observes that Stage to Page: Poems from the Theater (2016) "illustrates a life in the theatre, warts and all" and "would recommend [it] not only to readers . . . but also to poets who are interested in developing collections which follow a specific theme." Nicola's individual poems have appeared stateside in the Antioch, Southwest, and Atlanta Reviews, Rattle, Tar River, and Poetry East, and in many journals in Europe and Canada. A Yale graduate, he won a Dana Literary Award, a Willow Review award, and a People's Choice award (from Storyteller), and he was a featured poet at New Formalist. His nonfiction book, Playing the Audience, won a Choice award. Following the tradition of poets Stanley Kunitz, Elizabeth Bishop, and Frank O'Hara, Nicola moved from his native Worcester, Massachusetts, to New York City, where he makes his home. Lately he has been conducting both theater and poetry workshops at libraries, literary festivals, schools, and community centers all over the country, most notably the Kennedy Center¿/¿American College Theater Festival. Nicola is also a director, composer, lyricist, and playwright. His children's musical Chimes: A Christmas Vaudeville premiered in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Santa Claus was rumored to be in the audience on opening night. sites.google.com/site/jamesbnicola