Between the Margins: Shoulder to Shoulder Poetry - Paperback

by Charles A. Stone (Author)

Dr. Charles A. Stone challenges the reader with this collection of 40 previously unpublished poems that test the limits of conventional poetry. Using the margins of pages, uncommon arrangement and spacing of words, and introducing for the first time a broad application of fontics, he addresses ordinary subjects in an extraordinary way. In his search for fulfillment as a poet, Dr. Stone has stumbled upon a style that utilizes all the typographic tools at his disposal to create poetry that leaps off the page.

Author Biography

Ronald J. Jorgenson (Dr. Charles A. Stone) was born in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He attended Dominican College, and earned doctoral degrees from Marquette University and The Johns Hopkins University. He served on the faculties of Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio. During his academic career, he published several dozen articles in the medical literature, contributed to or edited medical textbooks, and served on the Boards of various medical foundations. While residing in Charleston, SC, he introduced Dr. Charles A. Stone as the author of a restaurant review column. In Dr. Stone's name he has been published in poetry journals and anthologies. He has edited an anthology of poetry (Preoccupied with Austin), and authored three nonfiction works. He has won prizes for poetry, and has earned three poet laureate titles and one Pushcart nomination. He serves on the Board of Austin Poets International (the parent of the Austin International Poetry Festival) and as the editor for the Newsletter of the Texas Archeological Society. He is the father of two and grandfather of seven, residing with his alter-ego and wife in San Antonio, Texas and Williams Bay, Wisconsin.