FAIR WARNING:LEO CONNELLAN AND HIS POETRY EDITED BY SHEILA MURPHY AND MARILYN NELSON

The poetry of Leo Connellan is the poetry of perserverance. He survived the loss of his mother as a child, and, forgoing a college degree, he entered the arena of American literature, whose territory isoften overseen only by academics. However, his books continue to speak for themselves, and more importantly, not just for poetry, but for America herself.