Shearsman Books

Shearsman Titles

Beckmann Variations and other poems

About the author

Michael Heller is a poet, essayist and critic. Among his many books are Conviction's Net of Branches, In The Builded Place, Wordflow,Living Root: A Memoir, Exigent Futures, Uncdertain Poetries, Speaking the Estranged (essays on George Oppen), and Eschaton — new poeems. He wrote the libretto for the opera Benjamin, based on the life of Walter Benjamin. His awards include the NEH Poet/Scholar grant, the Di Castagnola Prize and New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowships. He was born in 1937 in New York City where he now lives.