Publisher: Hands-On Books, South Africa
Poems from Bernard
Levinson’s four published collections as well as a new unpublished
collection are gathered together into one volume, Collected Poems. Those previously published collections are From Breakfast to Madness (Ravan Press 1974); Welcome to the Circus (Justified Press 1991); I See You (Southern College Publishers 2001) and I Dreamt I Was Flying (Nimrod Publishers 2007).
Price range: £17.00 through £18.00
About the author
Bernard Levinson is a
graduate of Wits University. His was the first post-war intake of
ex-servicemen in 1945. He spent several years as a General Practitioner
in the False Bay area in the Cape, before he specialised in Psychiatry.
He practiced in Johannesburg first as a General Psychiatrist and for the
last thirty years as a Psychiatrist/Sexologist. He was editor of the
South African Journal of Sexology for fifteen years. His poetry has been
anthologised and is taught in Gauteng schools.
Review
“Levinson’s poetry examines unashamedly the passion of his own
sensuality, the paths and deeds of his heroes and the joy of existence.”
Nicholas Combrinck
“To read Bernard Levinson’s verse is both a mind-stretching and soul-searing experience.”
Professor Lewis Hurst