Cover of A Loss for Words


Dick Bentley's books are Post-Freudian Dreaming and A General Theory 
of Desire (above). His fiction, poetry and essays have appeared in 
over 160  publications and his short story, Crawl Space won the Paris 
Review/Paris Writers' Workshop International Fiction Award. He is a 
Pushcart Prize nominee for  poetry. Before teaching creative writing 
at the University of Massachusetts he served as Chief Planner for the 
Mayor's Office of Housing in Boston. He currently teaches memoir 
writing, food writing, travel and childrens' writing at Holyoke 
Community College. Phone 413-256-0240 or www.dickbentley.com.
Early responses to A General Theory of Desire:
"It's the poet's voice - inquisitive, edgy at times, tender - that 
gathers these poems together; a voice both innocent and lacerating."
- Clare Rossini
"Bentley has a really first-rate imagination. At times playful, at
other times darkly satiric, at still other times empathetic, it's a
talent that continually illuminates his work"
W. D. Wetherell, author of The Man Who Loved Levittown, Chekhov's Sister, Morning, and  A Century of November.

 
"Fresh, innovative, quirky, and wise"
Pat Schneider, Amherst Writers and Artists.
"If you ever wondered what John Updike would read like on acid, trip 
out with Dick Bentley. He can take you far out and then surprise you 
by evoking ordinary life and feeling so unerringly. Flashbacks 
guaranteed."
Diane Lefer author of The Circles I Move In.



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