Friends, colleagues, and former students of Steve Orlen (1942-2010) gather together to celebrate his life.
Orlen, Steve. "The Advantages of the Barbarians." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006.
"The Great Wheel Turns." Unpublished poem by Neil Diamente, collaged from lines of poetry by Steve Orlen.
Orlen, Steve. "In the House of the Voice of Maria Callas." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in This Particular Eternity (2001).
Orlen, Steve. "The Acrobat." A Place at the Table. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1981.
The Toothbrush. Unpublished poem by Alison Hawthorne Deming.
Orlen, Steve. "The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans (1900-1920)." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in Kisses (1997).
Excerpt from a letter by Steve Orlen.
Orlen, Steve. "Monkey Mind." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in This Particular Eternity (2001).
Orlen, Steve. "Permission to Speak." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in Permission to Speak (1978).
Orlen, Steve. "Conversation with the Dead." The Elephant's Child: New and Selected Poems 1978-2005. Keene, NY: Ausable Press, 2006. Originally published in The Bridge of Sighs (1992).
Orlen, Steve. "A Poet's Job." A Thousand Threads. Venice, CA: Hollyridge Press, 2009.
