The Baskets of Baghdad

The Baskets of Baghdad
Fifty reprinted poems from the original 1967 text; a musical score of the title poem; Baghdad and Victoria, BC intermingled in a requiem short story; and a historical, cultural, literary essay in poetry and prose on the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Current entry in Who's Who of Authors and Writers & International Who's Who In Poetry:

FREIBERG, Stanley Kenneth, BA, MA, PhD; fmr teacher, poet and writer; b. 26 Aug. 1923, Wisconsin, USA; m. Marjorie Ellen Speckhard 1947; one s. one d.; ed University of Wisconsin; Chair, English Dept, Cottey College, Nevada, MO 1954-58; Chair., Board of Foreign Language Studies, Univ. of Baghdad 1964-65; Canada Council Award 1978. Publications: The Baskets of Baghdad: Poems of the Middle East 1967, Plumes of the Serpent: Poems of Mexico 1973, The Caplin-Crowded Seas: Poems of Newfoundland 1975, Nightmare Tales: Ten Stories of Nova Scotia 1980, Mad Blake at Felpham (play) 1987, The Hidden City: A Poem of Peru 1988, Blake and Beethoven in the Tempest (play) 1997, The Dignity of Dust: Poems from the Four Directions 1997, Sverre, King of Norway: Drama of 12th Century Norway 1999, Jahanara, Daughter of the Taj Mahal: Drama of the Mogul Empire 1631-1681 1999, Black Madonna of the Deluge: Drama of 17th Century Poland 2000, Anaho of the Southstars: Novella of Pyramid Lake, Nevada 2003, On Gravel Roads: Tales of Early Ontario 2004; Bush, Blake and Job in the Garden of Eden (play) 2005:contrib. to Redlands Review, Christian Century, Dalhousie Review, Queen's Quarterly, Ariel, Parnassus of World Poets 1994. Address: 202-268 Superior Street, Victoria, BC, V8V 1T3, Canada

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