The Opposite of People (Stahlecker Selections) - Softcover

." . . There's not only empathy but also wisdom between the pages of The Opposite of People . . ."--A. Van Jordan

[Frank s] wry, cool, sinister, keenly intelligent poems probe the pathos of our world of semblances. . . . Rosanna Warren"

. . . There s not only empathy but also wisdom between the pages of The Opposite of People . . . A. Van Jordan"

In his exciting new collection, Patrick Ryan Frank considers what it means to watch the world in its many portrayals imagined, interpreted, illumined and asks what is false, what is authentic in the lives we come to know that are not really lives at all. Mark Wunderlich"

"[Frank's] wry, cool, sinister, keenly intelligent poems probe the pathos of our world of semblances. . . ."--Rosanna Warren

"In his exciting new collection, Patrick Ryan Frank considers what it means to watch the world in its many portrayals--imagined, interpreted, illumined--and asks what is false, what is authentic in the lives we come to know that are not really lives at all."--Mark Wunderlich

The poems in The Opposite of People examine the place of television and cinema in our lives, while the poet questions how the imagination can be given shape in films and songs, and how those in turn shape our imaginations. How much of ourselves have we taken from the movies? Within this collection, we see our lives reflected in artistry and artifice: contrived but desperately earnest.