SLAIN SPECIES

A Selection of Poems

by David Radavich

Court Poetry Press

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, English

ISBN 0-906010-25-X

Poetry lovers will appreciate Radavich's range of elegiac contemplation in this haunting collection, comprised of both formal and free verse and drawing on his experiences from living in Aberdeen, Scotland and traveling on the Continent. The evocative cover design is by James Hall Johnson, Dundee.

DAVID RADAVICH has published other poetry collections entitled By the Way: Poems over the Years and Greatest Hits, as well as several chapbooks and a wide variety of poetry in the U.S. and abroad.  His latest volume, America Bound: An Epic for Our Time (Plain View, 2007), combines poetry and drama into a narrative of American culture from World War II to the present.

His plays have been performed by the Charleston Alley Theatre, First Stage (Los Angeles), Mid- America Playweights Theatre, New Perspectives Theatre (New York), and many other groups.  Five plays have been performed Off-Off-Broadway to date, and four have been published.   Fragments of the Third Planet received its European premiere in 2000 at the Kulturhaus Ostenfeld in Pforzheim, Germany.  He has also published articles on poetry, drama, and  contemporary writing.  Recipient of a number of poetry and drama prizes, Radavich was named an Illinois Distinguished Author in 1995.

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