Orpheus Rising is a sparkling immersion in adventures of great beauty, danger, and the unexpected, with a climax that will move anyone to a sense of joy. A daring retelling of the Orpheus legend in modern guise, Sam and his father, John, set off to rescue Sam’s lost mother, Madelyn, from ‘The Far Land of Fear’ and ‘Dread City’, a startling, imaginative view of the afterlife. A fantasy set in terms of Sam’s 10 going on 11 imagination, they are joined by Lepanto, a very wise Elephant who likes to dance, dressed in Edwardian elegance, through a series of adventures with a most unexpected ending.
Children will enjoy the sheer inventiveness of the story-telling, and adults the unexpected depths of Sam and his father’s journey to the completion of
their hearts’ desire… Lee is also a poet whose output has been called ‘visionary’ ‘vibrant’ ‘a voice beyond epoch’ variously compared to Browning, Auden, and in its freedom, Neruda. A playwright too, he has brought characters to life as diverse as Rasputin and the last fox in Los Angeles… His texts of screenwriting and drama remain popular in their fields as well.
Circa l’autore
Lance Lee’s poems, stories and articles have appeared widely in both American and English journals. Books of poetry include ‘Wrestling With The Angel’ (1990), ‘Becoming Human’ (2001), ‘Human/Nature’ (2006), ‘Seasons of Defiance’ (2010), which placed as a finalist in the 8th. National USA Book Awards, ‘Transformations’ combining art and poetry (2013), and ‘Homecomings’ (2015).’Elemental Natures, ‘ selected lyrics, sequences, and prose, appeared in 2020. He is a recipient of a Creative Writing Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and various other scholarships
Among plays, ‘Rasputin’ and ‘Gambits’were produced at the Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. ‘Time’s Up’ and ‘Fox, Hound, and Huntress’ were premiered in Los Angeles; publications include ‘Time’s Up;’ ‘Fox, Hound & Huntress;’ and ‘Time’s Up and Other Plays.’
He founded graduate playwrighting and the graduate screenwriting programs at USC and California State University, Northridge, respectively. He has published a screenwriting textbook, ‘The Understructure of Writing for Film & Television, ‘ and’A Poetics for Screenwriters, ‘ as well as ‘The Death and Life of Drama, reflections on writing and human nature.’
His works also include a novel, ‘Second Chances’ (2001).
His family is split between Los Angeles, where he helped establish the California State Park System in the Santa Monica Mountains, and London, where a married daughter lives in Crouch End, the family seat for generations on his wife’s side
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