Simon Perchik is an attorney whose poems have appeared in Partisan Review, The New Yorker and elsewhere. Readers interested in learning more about him are invited to read Magic, Illusion and Other Realities, at geocities.com/simonthepoet
Hands Collected: The Books of Simon Perchik, ed. David Baratier, available from Pavement Saw Press, PO Box 6291, Columbus OH 43206. 16 books plus 59 new poems. 592 pages. 2nd edition. Paper, 30.00.