In Beauty Bright Poems Author:Gerald Stern ?The work of an American master.??World Literature TodayThe lyric poems of In Beauty Bright, although marked by the same passion and swiftness as Gerald Stern?s previous work, move into an area of knowledge?even wisdom?that reflects a long life of writing, teaching, and activism. They are poems of grief and anger, but the music is delicate and m... more »oving.