Search, 11th Series : An Annual of Verse by Undergraduate and Graduate Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Beginning a new decade,The Search: Eleventh Seriesreflects a new growth and direction, culminating in greater student involvement than heretofore found in previous edi­tions. For example, former students of the poet Thomas Kinsella and the critic Henry Dan Piper (both distinguished former editors ofThe Search)contribute not only poems but also a Critical Preface. Thus,The Search: Eleventh Seriescontains both student poetry and student criticism of that poetry. In addition, the current Faculty Editor ofThe Searchhas relied heavily on a Student Editorial Board to select and edit poems. Strikingly varied, distinctly outlined, and professionally crafted, the poems in this volume mirror the profile of current literary movements. The poetic concerns range from subtle coloring to slashed outliningbut always with con­cern for form and shape. The volume holds rewards for the reader who finds simple pleasure in reading fresh verse, and for the student of American Letters on the lookout for prophetic clues to future literary directions.Taylor, Larry E. is the author of 'Search, 11th Series : An Annual of Verse by Undergraduate and Graduate Students at Southern Illinois University Carbondale', published 1973 under ISBN 9780809306398 and ISBN 0809306395.