With this fascinating synthesis of word and image, internationally
renowned photographer B.A. Van Sise offers a visually stimulating
anthology that will enchant lovers of both poetry and photography. At
times whimsical, surreal, challenging, enigmatic, joyful and sobering,
these portraits-- running adjacent to poems by each of their
subjects--highlight some of the most influential poets of our time and
celebrate creativity as only these poets in collaboration with Van Sise
could convey. Children of Grass is also a timely homage to Walt
Whitman--of whom Van Sise is a relative--and his masterpiece, "Leaves of
Grass," during this, the 200th anniversary of his birth. Children of
Grass, will, like the work of its literary grandfather, stand as a
lasting tribute to the vitality and creativity that flourishes in our
country.