| How to Make a Bird with Two Hands Contributor(s): White, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0915380811 ISBN-13: 9780915380817 Publisher: Word Works OUR PRICE: $14.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Canadian |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2011938036 |
| Physical Information: 0.21" H x 6" W x 9" (0.37 lbs) 86 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poetry. Winner of the 2011 Washington Prize. This collection opens small doors into many-mirrored rooms full of sky and unexpected flight. Film noir, Zen mystery, and post-modern wit collide and mingle in radiant, playful poems that examine the nature of creation and our many reasons for hope. David Baker describes the book as an array of miniature wonders, like a geode cracked open, full of shining facets, each with its own hue and razor-sharp angles. Leslie McGrath adds, Good guys and bad guys, arsonists and patient moths and tentacled motherfuckers crowd these poems--often quite brief and always full of beautiful mystery. |
Contributor Bio(s): White, Mike: - Mike White grew up in Montreal, and lived in Canada until 2001. With a Bachelor's degree from The University of Toronto and a Masters from McGill University, he headed south to the University of Utah's doctoral program in Literature and Creative Writing. He served as the poetry editor and editor- in-chief of Quarterly West and teaches literature and creative writing courses at the University of Utah. His poems have appeared in Poetry, The New Republic, The Threepenny Review, The Iowa Review, The Antioch Review, FIELD, Witness, and many others. Work has also been featured online at Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. He maintains ties with the Canadian literary scene, with poems in Canadian journals such as The Malahat Review, The Dalhousie Review, and The Fiddlehead. HOW TO MAKE A BIRD WITH TWO HANDS is his first book. |