Background
Espaillat, Rhina Polonia was born on January 20, 1932 in Dominican Republic. Came to the United States, 1939.
(Playing at Stillness displays her range—from exquisitely ...)
Playing at Stillness displays her range—from exquisitely executed formal verse to wonderfully fluid and appealing free verse poems. Humorous and playful, astute and poignant, she never gets in her way—her craft does all the work and we delight in the results. The poems keep surprising me. Again and again as I read them, I feel deeply grateful to this wonderfully generous and skilled writer, Rhina Espaillat. —Julia Alvarez
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(Rehearsing Absence by Rhina P. Espaillat, recipient of th...)
Rehearsing Absence by Rhina P. Espaillat, recipient of the 2001 Richard Wilbur Award, is a remarkable collection of meticulously-crafted poems that take the seemingly everyday world and imbue it with startling resonance and profundity. John Frederick Nims, who chose one of the author's sonnets for The Howard Nemerov Award, accurately characterized all of the author's work when he wrote, "Her commonplace language hints at an incident of anything but common importance." This ability had not happened by accident. As Timothy Murphy explains in his comments on this "exquisite" new collection, "Rhina Espaillat writes with the measured assurance of one who has given a lifetime to the making of memorable verse." Rehearsing Absence is a truly unique and powerful collection in which Rhina P. Espaillat, with her maturity of vision, lyrical gifts, and an uncommon craftsmanship, presents poem after evocative poem that examines the world around us and helps us to see it new.
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(A collection of unforgettable poems, 'Where Horizons Go' ...)
A collection of unforgettable poems, 'Where Horizons Go' is as compelling as it is technically stunning. The book bridges the sometimes vast distances between the personal and the impersonal, the transitory and the permanent, the imagined and the real, the internal and the external, the self and the other. The language here is always clear, always controlled without sacrificing sincerity or honesty. Read this book again and again and be rewarded every time.
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Espaillat, Rhina Polonia was born on January 20, 1932 in Dominican Republic. Came to the United States, 1939.
Bachelor, City University of New York, New York City, 1953. Master of Science in Education, City University of New York, New York City, 1964.
English teacher Jamaica High School, New York City, 1965-1980. Poetry instructor United Federation Teachers, Queens (New York ) Outreach Center, 1986-1989. Consultant, assistant coordinator annual poetry contest for intermediate grades New York City Board Education, 1987-1989.
(Playing at Stillness displays her range—from exquisitely ...)
(A collection of unforgettable poems, 'Where Horizons Go' ...)
(Rehearsing Absence by Rhina P. Espaillat, recipient of th...)
(Book by Espaillat, Rhina P.)
(Book by Espaillat, Rhina P.)
(In at the Deep End)
Co-founder The Fresh Meadows Poets, Queens, The Powow River Poets, Newburyport.
Married Alfred Moskowitz. Three children.