Basil King

History Now Basil King

Poetry. Art. Vivid, hybrid writing... It is the perspective of someone who has been trained not just to look, but to see, and to not miss anything in his field of vision.&#8212Ammiel Alcalay

Going into [King's] sentences is like entering sounds brought from paradise.--Edward Foster

Poetry and prose, memory and invention--it's wonderfully complex, yet entirely accessible.--Raymond Foye