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| - Books Published: As editor, Robert Hayden's Collected Prose (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1984) and Collected Poems (Liveright, 1985). Into the Ruins: Poems. Earthrise Press, 1999. Preface. 73 pages. The Bower of Nil: A Narrative Poem. Earthrise Press, 2002. 71 pages. The Grove of the Eumenides: Essays on Literature, Criticism, and Culture. Earthrise Press, 2007. 337 pages. As editor, The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith. Baha'u'llah. Abdu'l-Baha. Reform Bahai Press, 2008. 148 pages. Letters from the American Desert: Signposts of a Journey, A Vision. Earthrise Press, 2008. 172 pages.
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| - Books Published: As editor, Robert Hayden's Collected Prose (Univ. of Michigan Press, 1984) and Collected Poems (Liveright, 1985). Into the Ruins: Poems. Earthrise Press, 1999. Preface. 73 pages. The Bower of Nil: A Narrative Poem. Earthrise Press, 2002. 71 pages. The Grove of the Eumenides: Essays on Literature, Criticism, and Culture. Earthrise Press, 2007. 337 pages. As editor, The Universal Principles of the Reform Bahai Faith. Baha'u'llah. Abdu'l-Baha. Reform Bahai Press, 2008. 148 pages. Letters from the American Desert: Signposts of a Journey, A Vision. Earthrise Press, 2008. 172 pages. Glaysher lived for more than fifteen years outside Michigan--in Japan, where he taught at Gunma University in Maebashi; in Arizona, on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Reservation; in Illinois, on the central farmlands and on the Mississippi; ultimately returning to his suburban hometown of Rochester near Detroit. A Fulbright scholar to China in 1994, Glaysher studied at Beijing University, the Buddhist Mogao Caves on the old Silk Road, and elsewhere in China, including Hong Kong and the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. While a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar in 1995 on India, he further explored the conflicts between the traditional regional civilizations of Islamic and Hindu cultures and modernity. An outspoken advocate of the United Nations and accredited participant at the UN Millennium Forum (2000). He invokes a global vision beyond the prevailing conceptions of life and literature that have become firmly entrenched in contemporary world culture. After the advent of the Internet and more than a decade of religious controversy within the Baha'i Faith, Glaysher helped to revive and renew the Reform Bahai Faith in 2004. He maintains his biography, character, and motivations have been consistently misrepresented by members of the dominant Baha'i denomination on the Internet and in print.
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