Wake (Iowa Poetry Prize)

"The strength of WAKE will not necessarily rear its head immediately; Ramke's refinement will not allow for instant comprehension. But the sense that gathers, as one reads the book, is that this collection is the result of half a lifetime's ruminations, if all inward and previously unaired. Readers should be thankful that Ramke has shared his inner peregrinations; those sturdy enough to withstand the hard Sophoclean light of his examination of humankind and the world at large may be the wiser for it."Bin Ramke is the author of 'Wake (Iowa Poetry Prize)', published 1999 under ISBN 9780877456582 and ISBN 0877456585.