Regrounding a Pilgrimage

Matthias and Peck have both published many volumes of poetry, including Matthias's three volumes of collected poems and Peck's recent long poem Cantilena (all from Shearsman Books). Dos Madres has published a previous collaborative volume, REVOLUTIONS, involving Matthias, Archambeau, and the printmaker Jean Dibble. Of the Compostela poem itself, Guy Davenport wrote upon first reading it in manuscript: It is good, beautiful, strong poetry. It is doing something great, and I revel in the privilege of seeing it being made. Shivers of recognition. And all of it so achieved a poem. Of Peck's work, the TLS has said: Peck has established himself as a major figure, opening up territory no one else has attempted. When Matthias first read Peck's essay, he wrote to Archambeau that he thought that the essay was more interesting than his poem. But this is not a competition, but a fellowship, which includes the editor and the author of the introduction.