Charles Rammelkamp on Faraway Tables: “Brooding on the Vastness of Experience”

 

The most recent poet to take a place at the table is Charles Rammelkamp, known for such works as Field of Happiness, Mortal Coil, Catastroika, and American Zeitgeist. Rammelkamp writes:

“Eric D. Goodman has always been known for taking the long view of life, as his novel Womb demonstrates, an unborn child looking into the abyss of a future all tangled up with the past. Now, in his debut poetry collection, he takes the same perspective, only this time it’s more pithy, more concise. Goodman’s poetry ranges around the world.

“While Goodman can lyrically capture the personal distress of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through reflections on friendships, he can also nostalgically evoke the joy of the faraway tables in a Munich beer hall or a Portuguese pub – or the feast-day table at his 1994 Russian wedding.

“Largely composed during the Covid pandemic, the poems in this collection reveal a mind brooding on the vastness of experience and the essential values that make life worth living, from family and culture to nature and friendships.”

Faraway Tables will be released on Tuesday, October 1 by Yorkshire Publishing. Learn more about the book, pre-order information, and news about the collection by staying tuned to this blog and at www.EricDGoodman.com.