Transcendencies

About the Book

Love of humanity, the environment, from a man who has suffered great indignities, yet, has risen from the ashes and turned his life and love of poetry into some of the finest work I‘ve published. This book should be read closely by anyone who can relate to those who has been to hell and come back. A truly transcendent spirit pervades this book and Oberst has done himself, his family and friends, and all of us who care about the world a great favor with these poems. Leonard J. Cirino. The author of Terrible Wilderness of Self

About the Author

Terrance Oberst received his M.A. degree in Creative Writing from The University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1993. He currently lives in Lincoln, NE where he has taught at a mental health facility the subjects of Creative Writing and Metaphysics, and now facilitates a bi-monthly writing workshop. He has published nearly 60 poems in various magazines, journals, and anthologies, as well as three previous books of poetry. One is a chapbook, Returning (Mulberry Press) in 1994; the other two are full-length collections: the first release of this book, Transcendencies (Pygmy Forest Press) in 2000; and Kinship Patterns (AuthorHouse) in 2004. Greg Kuzma, the Director of Poetry Writing at The University of Nebraska at Lincoln, says, "Terry Oberst has been places in the soul where few of us will ever go." Mr. Oberst has always thought of his poetry as "an Ariadne's thread through the dark labyrinth of the self."