POMEGRANATES OF THE SUN

About the Book

Andrew Glenn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1948. He graduated from The University of Minnesota where he studied poetry under Charles Wright and Thomas McGrath . He went on to study German literature at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, in Nuremburg, Germany. He is fluent in the German language and actively translates German poetry. He considers Dylan Thomas and Ranier Maria Rilke to be his strongest influences. He published his first volume of poetry at Temple University in the Department of Religious Studies in 1991 under the auspices of Lauren Bale. He became a strong voice in the legendary Café 90 in Philadelphia where, with the help of the New York Times, he and many others strongly protested the invasion of Iraq. He has performed as a concert dancer mime and singer for thirty years as well as teaching at the University of Washington and Seattle University. He presently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and makes his way as a singer writer and entertainer.

About the Author

Titus von Dassow is a German American who served with U.S. Army Intelligence during the Vietnam conflict. Fluent in German, he studied German literature at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and graduated from the University of Minnesota. He presently makes his way in life as a poet and classical singer. A Verdi tenor, he has sung in Italian opera and sang German lieder for the German cultural attaché in Philadelphia. He currently gives song recitals in the United States and Germany. He divides his time between St. Paul, Minnesota; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Hamburg, Germany. His hobbies are translating German poetry and drinking German beer.