Tephra Author:Barry Schwabsky Poetry. TEPHRA is the newest offering from acclaimed art critic and poet Barry Schwabsky. "Barry Schwabsky is a wonderful poet and a poet of wonders. His poetry is exactly as strange as the familiar may permit. His work, born of a strange encounter between American poetry and European masters such as Celan and Novalis, always surprises me by its... more » exploratory investigations. He writes one of the most loving poetries today, filled with a sexual myth as strong as anyone's"--David Shapiro. Barry Schwabsky's previous books include OPERA: POEMS 1981-2001, [WAYS], and FATE/SEEN IN THE DARK, all currently available from SPD.« less