Dan Beachy-Quick

Midway through the journey of his life, Dan Beachy-Quick found himself without a path, unsure how to live well. <i>Of Silence and Song</i> follows him on his resulting classical search for meaning in the world and in his particular, quiet life. In essays, fragments, marginalia, images, travel writing, and poetry, Beachy-Quick traces his relationships and identities. As father and husband. As teacher and student. As citizen and scholar. And as poet and reader, wondering at the...

Over the course of six critically acclaimed books&#151;including a compelling meditation on Moby-Dick&#151;Dan Beachy-Quick has established himself as &#147;one of America&#8217;s most significant young poets&#8221; (Lyn Hejinian).In Wonderful Investigations, Beachy-Quick broaches &#147;a hazy line, a faulty boundary&#8221; between our daily world and one rich with wonder; a magical world in which, through his work as a writer, Beachy-Quick participates with a...