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Collaboration means creation. These poems expand from that natural cycle of visionary poetry, that invites more than one poet to get involved with the poems, until language itself becomes a complete process of imagination and meaning. The result is a book that shares a complex world with the reader and proves that true poetry does not leave anyone alone. -- Ray Gonzalez
About the author
Simone Muench is the author of several books including
Lampblack & Ash (Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry and NYT Editor's Choice; Sarabande, 2005),
Orange Crush (2010 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Poetry; Sarabande, 2010), and
Wolf Centos (Sarabande, 2014). Her chapbook
Trace won the Black River Chapbook Competition (Black Lawrence, 2014), and her collection,
Suture, is a book of sonnets written with Dean Rader (Black Lawrence, 2017). She also co-edited the anthology
They Said: A Multi- Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing (Black Lawrence, 2018). Some of her honors include an NEA Poetry Fellowship, several Illinois Arts Council fellowships, the Marianne Moore Prize for Poetry, and residency fellowships to Yaddo, Artsmith, VCCA, and VSC. In 2014, she was awarded the Meier Foundation for the Arts Award that recognizes artists for innovation, achievements, and community contributions; and, in 2023, she received the Lewis University Career Scholarship Award granted "to a faculty member for their lifetime achievement in scholarly activity." She received her PhD from the University of Illinois and is a professor of English at Lewis University where she teaches creative writing and film studies. Currently, she serves as faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review, as poetry editor for JackLeg Press, as a senior poetry editor for Tupelo Quarterly, and creator of the HB Sunday Reading Series.
