Raphael Block

Spangling Darkness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Raphael's voice is a tool for sanity and survival in a world where hazards keep appearing on our path...The poems in...SPANGLING DARKNESS illuminate his love for life and engagement with the natural world and with the community. SPANGLING DARKNESS ignites the imagination for a new vision that allows the earth to mend. This is the gift of Raphael Block as a poet whose spirit resonates in our common humanity and binds us together." -J. GLENN EVANS, from the Foreword

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Poetic Matrix Press
• Seitenzahl: 100
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 159g
• ISBN-13: 9780986060014
• ISBN-10: 0986060011
• Artikelnr.: 40403855

Autorenporträt

Born on a kibbutz, Raphael Block spent his boyhood playing on the hills of Haifa. His family returned to London as he turned nine, where learning British English shaped his ear for sound. In 1993 he moved to Northern California with his American wife, Deborah Simon Block, and their three-year-old daughter, Theadora. After Deborah passed away from cancer in 2002, it became Raphael's privilege to raise their child. As a teacher, Raphael worked with children under five for many years in London's inner city. In California he taught all grade levels, including teaching Waldorf, and also worked with kids with disabilities. A Sufi meditation practice and two life-threatening illnesses, Crohn's and MDS, a form of leukemia, have played major roles in intensifying his appreciation and gratitude for the moments of each day.