"Essential Lentz" is a compendium of the published writing of David B. Lentz spanning his creative writing career since his college days at Bates. His collected works in "Essential Lentz" feature generous excerpts from his literary novels, stage plays and poetry. CONTENTS From "The Silver King: A Novel" (2000) From "Bourbon Street: A Novel" (1982, 2001) From "The Day Trader: A Novel" (2001) From "Bloomsday: A Tragicomedy" (2004, 2010) From "AmericA, Inc.: A Novel" (2007) From "AmericA, Inc.: A Stage Play" (2008, 2010) From "For the Beauty of the Earth: A Novel" (2010) From "Bloomsday: The Bostoniad" (2010) From "Old Greenwich Odes: Collected Verse" (2010) From "Novel Criticism: How to Critique Novels Like a Novelist" with "A List of a Novelist's Top 100 Novels" (2011) From "Sonnets from New England: Love Songs" (2014) From "Sonnets on the Common Man: New Hampshire Verse" (2015) From "The Fine Art of Grace: A Novel from the 2016 Yale Writers' Conference Version
Author Biography:
Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, David B. Lentz graduated from Bates College and has written professionally for more than 35 years for global, financial corporations. He has lived in Boston's Back Bay, the Garden District of New Orleans, Houston and Philadelphia's Main Line. Currently, he resides with his family in Greenwich, CT. Lentz has published seven literary novels: "The Fine Art of Grace", "For the Beauty of the Earth", "AmericA, Inc.", "Bloomsday", "Bourbon Street", "The Day Trader" and "The Silver King." He wrote a tragicomic stage play, as an American sequel to James Joyce's "Ulysses", entitled "Bloomsday." His satirical stage play, "AmericA, Inc.", was written after the re-election of Bush-Cheney during one of the bleakest eras for human rights in modern American history. In addition, he has written two volumes of poetry, "Old Greenwich Odes" and "Sonnets from New England: Love Songs" about everyday life in a New England village on Long Island Sound. His "Novel Criticism" proposes a new model for the review of novels. Lentz has served Bates College as an Alumnus-in-Admissions, the Bates College Club, the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Ad Club, the Philadelphia Mayor's Council for Literacy, Stamford-Greenwich Literacy Volunteers of America, Healing the Children Northeast, Inc. (Board), Midnight Run for New York City Homeless, Hurricane Katrina JazzAid: New Orleans (Founder): Hope + Heroes Children's Cancer Foundation, St. Baldrick's Foundation for Children's Cancer Research and St. Paul's Chapel as a Volunteer at Ground Zero. He is a Member of the Academy of American Poets, the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, the Center for Fiction in New York and the Royal Society of Literature in London.
