Three Years from Upstate

Poetry. THREE YEARS FROM UPSTATE is a book of poetry fascinated by the epic strain of John Milton and the romances of William Shakespeare. "Often breathtaking, Regier's poetry always remains rooted in our most common vernacular without pretense, yet in no way pedestrian. Out of ordinary subjects he creates magical stories that unfold in the most familiar spaces: the street, our beds, a motel in the countryside"--Michael Hafftka. "THREE YEARS FROM UPSTATE is an exhilarating epic of story-poems. Compelling tales richly infested with free-falling images, Regier's book enacts a world of beggar-kings and philosophical ideas dropped as quickly as words from mouths. THREE YEARS doesn't fit pre-existing conversations, but wants to provoke a new discussion, with a gambit of poetry startled by storytelling"--Thalia Field.