Why I Write in Coffee Houses and Diners

About the Book

"I am a poet and artist," Huffstickler says in Holy Secrets: The Art and Poetry of Albert Huffstickler, a film by Matthew D. Listiak. "And an observer of humanity . . . from a safe distance." His poems embody his mystical observations in language that is both literary and commonplace. Why I Write in Coffee Houses and Diners, includes selections his books, chapbooks, and journal publications. Huffstickler's extraordinary treatment of the ordinary illustrates his own quest and the simple lives of those he meets, including strangers in cafes and homeless people on the street.

About the Author

Albert Huffstickler is a poet and artist who poetry has appeared internationally in small and literary publications since the early 1970s. The Texas State Senate passed a resolution honoring his work in 1989; and in 1997, he was honored at the International Poetry Festival in Austin, Texas, where he lives and writes. Huffstickler's Walking Wounded, which chronicles his stay in a convalescence home following surgery, won the Austin Book Award in 1989 and was published by Backyard Press. Working on My Death Chant was published by Backyard Press in 1991, and Sulphur River Literary Review Press published The Wander Years in 1998.