Richard DarabanerRichard Darabaner died by suicide on July 1, 1985, in New York City. He may not have been able or willing to continue suffering the intense psychological and spiritual agony he experienced for much of his life. He was an extremely sensitive being andseemed at times to exist on another plane: Angus Fletcher perceived something otherworldly in him. At the same time, his humanity and sense of humor were enormous, as was his capacity for friendship and empathy (this latter was especially evidenced in his teaching). Despite the pain and despair of his life, he was highly productive and left behind important and challenging work--work exhibiting a philosophical and theological passion....

Editor Daniel Gabriel has published three books: Sacco and Vanzetti (Gull Books, 1983) and Columbus (Gnosis Press, 1993)--both book-length poems, or poetic works, on historical subjects--and a scholarly work, Hart Crane and the Modernist Epic: Canon and Genre Formation in Crane, Pound, Eliot, and Williams (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007). Theater productions of his work include a theatrical version of Sacco and Vanzetti, and the plays The Four Seasons of Salt, Exits, Snowbound, and The Fortunate Instant, an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. He is a member of PEN American Center. He received his Ph.D. in English from the City University of New York Graduate School and taught for many years at Rutgers University, and at other places. Read More Read Less