Tishani Doshi is a rising literary star in the UK and India, and her debut novel was enthusiastically supported by Salman Rushdie. She has a very rich author website: www.tishanidoshi.com In addition to writing poetry, Tishani Doshi is a columnist for The Hindo, as well as a professional dancer with the Chandralehka group. Tishani Doshi's TED talk on «Slowness and Creativity» can be found here: http://tedxpalermo.com/index.php?option=com_co ...
Composed during long walks throughout Washington, DC, and careful to err on the side of recklessness, Rough Day finds its essential unity in a fixation on American events and landscapes—from Yellowstone and New Orleans to Kansas and the Pacific Northwest. Throughout, Ed Skoog maintains an openness to discovery that unveils rare and prismatic views into his country. A native of Topeka, Kansas, Ed Skoog's first book of poetry, Miste ...
"[Dawes] is highly original and intelligent, possessing poetic sensibility that is rooted and sound, unshakeable and unstopped, both in its vibrancy and direction. He writes poetry as it ought to be written."—World Literature Today "Dawes asserts himself as man and artist and finally, with grace achieved and grace said, sits down to begin life's tragic feast . . . a writer of major significance."—Brag Book &quo ...
The poems in Alight alternate between the estranging familial and strangely familiar, between burning and illumination. As father, husband, and physician, Fady Joudah gives children and vulnerable others voice in this hauntingly lyrical collection, where, with quiet ferociousness, one’s self can be reclaimed from suffering’s grip over mind and spirit. Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American poet, translator, and physician of i ...
"A heady, infectious celebration."—The New Yorker "Shaughnessy's voice is smart, sexy, self-aware, hip . . . consistently wry, and ever savvy."—Harvard Review Brenda Shaughnessy's heartrending third collection explores dark subjects—trauma, childbirth, loss of faith—and stark questions: What is the use of pain and grief? Is there another dimension in which our suffering might be transform ...
"Gerber has a gentle touch and an unaffected, articulate voice that can be smart, funny, wise—sometimes all at the same time."—Library Journal "The thing itself carries the weight of [Gerber's] poems, which recall the deep imagery of Vallejo, Neruda, and Wright."—Rain Taxi Dan Gerber's mastery of layered imagery and crystalline vision marry European Romanticism with American Zen. These meditative ...
• Tung-Hui Hu holds a PhD in Film from the University of California, Berkeley.• Currnetly teaches at University of Michigan.• Co-creator of «The Last Time You Cried,» an art project that translated human emotions into computer-generated poems. Check out more here: http://www.digitalculture.org/news/digital-practitioner-interview-tung-hui-hu-on-the-last-time-you-cried-project• All of Tung-Hui's books have won awards: • James D. Phelan Litera ...
Hennen was brought to our attention by Jim Harrison, who wrote an introduction to the book All of Hennen's poetry appeared in slender, regionally distributed chapbooks 90% of Hennen's previous work is out of print. There will be a great sense of discovery surrounding the publication of this selected poems Garrison Keillor is a fan of Hennen's work and his poems have appeared on «The Writer's Almanac» Robert Bly is an enthusia ...
Young was very close to dying and received a heart transplant just after Fall Higher was published in hardcover late in 2010. His father died at 49 due to problems with his heart. NPR's «Morning Edition» did a beautiful story about Dean and his heart transplant, where he said, «I think that's one of the jobs of poets: They stare at their own death and through it they still see the world – the world of 10,000 things. Poetry is about tim ...