Direct Lines to Hell: The Early Poetry of R. W. Watkins, Volume One (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502916709)

R. W. Watkins is a Canadian poet, essayist and editor. He is the author of two chapbooks of haiku and related poetry, October Twilight and New England Country Farmhouse, and the co-author (with Robin Tilley) of a third, In The Grip of Sirens. His verse and literary essays have been published in various journals throughout Canada and the U.S., and he was the only Canadian included in Agha Shahid Ali's Ravishing DisUnities, the world's first anthology of English-language ghazals. He is also the editor and publisher of Contemporary Ghazals, the world's first English-language magazine dedicated to that classic form of Eastern poetry. In more recent years he has turned his attention to the Internet and comics criticism, editing poetry at Red Fez and launching The Comics Decoder project. His major works are Trinity (a compilation of his earlier chapbooks), Contemporary Ghazals: An Anthology (Ed.), and View From The Cellar: A Critical Analysis of Laird Koenig's The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane. Outspoken on many issues, he resides in Newfoundland, Canada.