To Travel Without a Map: Poems (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781493643004)

K. A. Brace is 61, lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his three dogs and four cats. He is a graduate of The State University of New York at Buffalo where he received both a Bachelor and Masters of Arts degree in English. While at the University he worked with Mac Hammond and Irving Feldman and won The Arthur Alxelrod Award for Poetry by an undergraduate. After graduating he entered the hospitality industry and did not write for the next 35 years during which time still considered himself to be as poet stating, "A poet is one who has written a poem and may never write another." Coinciding with his turning 60 he began writing again and is in the midst of finishing his seventh collection of poetry. He works assiduously for at least 10-12 hours 7 days a week at his writing. To Travel Without a Map will be his first publication of a book length collection. His style is eclectic and his interest in modern myths and the tiny filaments of our humanity that connects us to one another are the centerpieces of his work. His poems are always surprising both in their crafting and their messages. He considers himself a 'readers' poet.