Free Concert: New and Selected Poems
By Milton Kessler
A poet of international acclaim, Milton Kessler published five books of poetry during his lifetime. Kessler
received numerous awards and distinctions, including a Robert Frost Fellowship, an Edward MacDowell Foundation
Fellowship, and a National Endowment Program Grant. Several years ago, one of his poems, “Thanks Forever,” was
chosen to appear in London subway cars to be seen by as many as two million riders a day as part of the
“Poems on the Underground” project.Arthur Miller said of Kessler's Grand Concourse, “A good book like this is a gift to the world, a tourniquet to staunch the bleeding.”
Milton Kessler died in April 2000, leaving behind a manuscript of new work. This book celebrates the life and work of a gifted poet of original voice, collecting work from each of his books together with his new poems.
paperback / 144 pages / ISBN: 0-9718228-4-0 / $17.95
hardcover / 144 pages / ISBN: 0-9718228-2-4 / $29.95
publication date: February 2003