Ideal Cities: Poems by Erika Meitner (English) Paperback Book

Description: Ideal Cities by Erika Meitner Exploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, the richly felt and adroit poetry of Erika Meitner's "Ideal Cities" moves, mesmerizes, and delights. The work of an important emerging voice in contemporary American poetry—a winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by Paul Guest—"Ideal Cities" gloriously perpetuates NPS's long-standing tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser-known poets. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by Paul Guest (author of My Index of Slightly Horrifying Knowledge and recipient of the 2007 Whiting Award), Erika Meitners work perpetuates NPSs tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser known poets.Exploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, Meitners richly felt and adroit poems offers the surprise of a new voice. For thirty years, the National Poetry Series has discovered many new and emerging voices and has been instrumental in launching the careers of poets and writers such as Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Cole Swensen, Thylias Moss, Mark Levine, and Dionisio Martinez. Back Cover Exploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, the richly felt and adroit poetry of Erika Meitners Ideal Cities moves, mesmerizes, and delights. The work of an important emerging voice in contemporary American poetry--a winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by Paul Guest--Ideal Cities gloriously perpetuates NPSs long-standing tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser-known poets. Author Biography Erika Meitner was born in New York in 1975. She attended Dartmouth College, Hebrew University, and the University of Virginia, where she received her M.F.A. as a Henry Hoyns Fellow. Her poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Poet Lore, Mid-American Review, The Cream City Review, and The Southeast Review. In 2001, she was the Diane Middlebrook Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She has worked as a dating columnist, a Hebrew school instructor, a computer consultant, a lifeguard, a documentary film production assistant, and a middle school teacher in the New York City public school system. She is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Virginia Tech and the author of Inventory at the All-Night Drugstore. Review "Erika Meitner is the new voice of intelligent and emotional poems. Good for poetry. Good for poetry lovers. Good for the rest of us, too." -- Nikki GiovanniThe poems in Erika Meitners Ideal Cities are road maps, blueprints, dollhouses, dioramas.....Meitners poetry isnt afraid of history and personal histories. Her voice is smart, sassy, and savvy. Her ideal poems are built with mortar and quirkily astounding metaphors -- Denise Duhamel Review Quote The poems in Erika Meitners Ideal Cities are road maps, blueprints, dollhouses, dioramas.....Meitners poetry isnt afraid of history and personal histories. Her voice is smart, sassy, and savvy. Her ideal poems are built with mortar and quirkily astounding metaphors Details ISBN0061995185 Author Erika Meitner Short Title IDEAL CITIES Language English ISBN-10 0061995185 ISBN-13 9780061995187 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 811.6 Year 2010 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Imprint Collins Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Series National Poetry Series Subtitle Poems UK Release Date 2010-08-17 Publication Date 2010-08-17 US Release Date 2010-08-17 Narrator Christopher Barlow Birth 1918 Affiliation University of Alabama Position Assistant Professor Qualifications PsyD Pages 112 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Audience General AU Release Date 2010-11-22 NZ Release Date 2010-10-21 Imprint US Harper Perennial Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159592635;

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