MIRRORS: The Aborigine Poetry of Eldred Van-Ooy

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MIRRORS is an extraordinary book. Not only do we get a chance toread some haunting poems aimed directly at the heart, but we alsoget the author’s incredible account of what happened after thepoems of aborigine Eldred Van-Ooy were sent to him by anAustralian business acquaintance. Of that experience he says: every soul, every spirit, that arrives in this world ripples the very real water and disturbs the very real earth in a way we can only bend to.

Justin Spring

I am a prizewinning poet, novelist, and video artist who works in many mediums: print, audio (CD), video (DVD ; internet). Among the poetry prizes and honors I have received for my written poetry are: The 1997 State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship, Finalist 1994 and 1997 Academy of American Poets Walt Whitman National Prize Contest. Among the prizes I have received for my Video Poetry (Dreamstories) are the 2005 John Ringling Individual Artist Fellowship and 2006 State of Florida Individual Artist fellowship. I recently received the 2010 Ringling Towers Literary Award for my novel ALICE HICKEY. The Ringling School of Art has also honored me in 2009 (along with 11 other Sarasota artists) with an Ageless Creativity Award, for my life long creativity in poetry. I am the author of seven collections of written poetry and seven CD collections of oral poetry. I have created over 100 DREAMSTORY videos, performance-poetry videos, art videos and video documentaries about poetry. Finally, I was educated at Columbia College and am the founder of SOULSPEAK (www.soulspeak.org)

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