The Fears
An unflinching study of death, Kevin Prufer’s The Fearsinvites us to consider what it means to matter.
Editor, publisher, and poet Kevin Prufer presents his ninth poetry collection,The Fears what it means to be forgotten and how legacy is preserved through poetry, history books, a mummy’s index finger, and love letters from the grave,The Fears invites us to consider what it means to matter.
Kevin Prufer’s recent books include The Art of Fiction, Churches, and How He Loved Them, which was long-listed for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize. His work has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lannan Foundation, and the Poetry Society of American and appeared on “best of the year” lists in The New York Times Book Review, Publishers Weekly, BookList, and others. Prufer has also edited or co-edited many volumes, including New European Poetry, Into English: Poems, Translations, Commentary, and Literary Publishing in the 21st CenturyHe teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Houston, where he co-directs The Unsung Masters Series, a book series devoted to bringing great but little-known authors to new generations of readers.
