This book, How Heavy the Breath of God, is one I return to again and again for its sense of being simultaneously away while also coming home to oneself. The poems are arranged in a travel sequence, starting in tropical locations such as Ecuador and Guatemala and ending up back in the southern U.S., in Texas. While not necessarily literal, the arrangement does feel logical. There’s an outward to inward arc to the work as a whole.
My poem “Flight Arrival” was published in the Winter 2016 Olentangy Review, Amanda Lovelace wins the Goodreads Choice 2016 Poetry Award, and Bob Dylan sends a speech to be read at the Nobel Prize acceptance ceremony.
Goodreads Choice Opening Round Voting Ends Nov 6 That’s tomorrow…the Choice Awards for Best Book of 2016 are open and voting goes on NOW. Having several rounds is a little like having ‘early voting’ right? You can see the categories here You should check out all…
What Comes After Elegy? The appearance of The Darkening Trapeze: Last Poems, by Larry Levis, Graywolf Press, 2016, surprised those who expected that Elegy, University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997, also published posthumously, was probably the last collection of Larry Levis’ work.…
Then Come Back, The Lost Neruda Poems —Translation by Forrest Gander I love reading translations into English–the imagery and metaphors of another mindset, worldview, often come across so fresh and startling when they come from another language. But translations bring…
