A. ROBERT LEE was a professor in the English department at Nihon University from 1997-2011. British-born, he previously taught at the University of Kent, UK. He is the author of creative and academic works, and six collections of poetry. His recent poetry collections include, AMERICAS: SELECTED VERSE AND VIGNETTE (2015), PASSWORD: A BOOK OF LOCKS AND KEYS (2016), and IMAGINARIUM: SIGHTINGS, GALLERIES, SIGHTLINES (2014). Currently he lives in Murcia, Spain. https: //arobertlee.wordpress.com/.
"What great fun to read A. Robert Lee's new book! Since his TOKYO COMMUTE (2001), I've followed with joy the off-course adventures and meanderings in the books of this world-traveler and literary critic-author. The wry humor, quick insight, and tremendous knowledge mark him as a top-quality creative writer. This time, more than ever, he's intensely into what words can do. With daring and speed, he creates crystal-clear vignettes, bringing into life scenes of his childhood or travels, both the dangerous moments and happy ones, with his unmistakable energetic rhythm." -Shoko Miura, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology "Readers shouldn't worry. In this new collection, OFF COURSE: ROUNDABOUTS & DEVIATIONS, A. Robert Lee is very much on course. Wonderful floating worlds in a variety of voices. Eyes on and yet at same time well beyond the road." -Andrew Hook, The University of Glasgow "Starting with the striking cover illustration, A. Robert Lee's OFF COURSE: ROUNDABOUTS & DEVIATIONS offers good cause for the reader to leave the straight and narrow for the surprising linguistic adventures of his world. His collection of sketches in poetry and prose offers oblique glances at language, life, and cultural quiddities that delight with laughter and pensiveness." -Rex Burns, author of THE ALVAREZ JOURNAL AND OTHER MYSTERIES Often witty, usually wry, and always wise, A. Robert Lee's poems and vignettes of word magic prove that a wormhole view is in fact the widest lens. -Cathy Covell Waegner, University of Siegen, Germany
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