The Chapbook: Poems by Charles Bane Jr.

 

Published July 2011, we present a book of poems by Chicago native Charles Bane Jr.  With the illustrations of Canadian artist Isabelle Pruneau, and the delicate design of Polish-born artist Karolina Faber, these poems of romance, happiness, and struggle will sing off the page.   Please visit our store to order direct from us.  Can also be purchased anywhere books are sold online including Barnes & Noble and Amazon.  Available at your local bookstore.

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ISBN:  978-0-9834228-1-5

Library of Congress Control Number:  2011932426

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"Charles Bane Jr.'s work does not only stand on the shoulders of giants, it shrinks them, makes them less daunting and more manageable, and translates their seemingly forgotten ideology into a modern tongue. He accomplishes an extraordinary task in balancing the past with the present, all the while communicating a sense of unison and heartfelt understanding between poet and reader. In a time where we have all seemed to lose sight of one another in pursuit of personal gain, this connection--one that is genuine, unselfish, and even divine--almost seems impossible, something to be admired but never experienced."

- Patrick Pressl, The Huffington Post

"We aren’t used, in this ravaged era, to poems of happiness, and yet that rarity is what Charles Bane, Jr., offers us. An offering it is, nor can we doubt that this poet conceives poetry as a sacramental endeavor, with human love as our nearest approach to the divine. He takes Buber’s “I and Thou” a step further to form what he calls a “monotheism of we.” Judaism is supremely the religion of reinterpretation, and this poet’s embodiment of it demonstrates that historical tragedy finds its best answer in the tender bonds we form in order to choose not death but life."

- Alfred Corn, a Guggenheim Foundation fellow and author of nine books of poetry,

"In reading the words of Charles Bane Jr. we are given a window ~ as the windows of Saint Chapelle ~ to a rarefied art. Soft light of gradient hues, delicately sculpted and hewn just so, this is what Chagall would write if he were a poet. Each work feels as if a reflective walk. There is always the moment of slow epiphany, a soft exhalation born of knowing and living deeply. To read this book is to become a harvester of the finest in literary riches."

- Constance Stadler, Ph D.,  Pushcart Prize nominee, Erbacce Finalist, author of five books of poetry and noted literary editor.

"Curiosity of the world and our own happiness sometimes are at odds with each other. The Chapbook is a collection of poetry from Charles Bane, Jr. He asks many questions of life and time, as we search for those moments where life becomes clearer. The Chapbook is a fine assortment of verse, very much recommended reading. "Cycle": The sun is cracked and spills itself, / and stains the border of the western sky / and we must find a bed where I may pour in you / a sea of stars from which light comes, / unshadowing the hillsides of your near / form and spreading, / becomes the original poem."

- Midwest Book Review

 

Press:

Huffington Post  TBWCYL

 

A poem featured in The Chapbook originally published by Curbside Splendor:

Come, Beloved

 

Charles reads "You" included in The Chapbook: 

 

Charles reads "Come, Beloved" included in The Chapbook: 

 

 

Charles reads "My Old Soul" included in The Chapbook:

 

Charles reads "In the Hotel" from The Chapbook:

 

A tribute to The Chapbook featuring some of the beautiful spreads: