Works
Shadows of the Pines
A comic novella in verse, Shadows of the Pines follows Harold Rava’s quest to bring poetry to millions of readers, one solitary reader at a time. He is aided in his quest by his own subversive teaching and the ghosts of celebrated poets and thinkers of the past. But for Harold to succeed, he must come to grips with his own limited power and place as a poet and learn to treat the words, who rebel against him, with respect.
I Didn’t Know Kyoto
Sheppard Ranbom reveals—through his romance with Japan—how memory and imagination can produce moments of clarity that illuminate our failings and desires, our search for beauty through suffering.
King Philip’s War
King Philip’s War tells the story of the New England Algonquians who hosted the first Thanksgiving and were, within half a century of the European arrival, victims of a tragic holocaust. With lyric intensity, the book captures the travels and private travails of King Philip, the rebel Wampanoag leader, who led the uprising that historians have called the bloodiest war in American history.