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Informationen zum Autor Lee Peterson is currently instructor of English at Penn State, Altoona, where she previously held the position of emerging writer-in-residence. She was also instructor of English as a second language at Manhattanville College. Peterson received an M.F.A from Sarah Lawrence College and a B.A. from Oberlin College. Her poetry has been published in North American Review, Runes: A Review of Poetry, Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and Poetry, and The Seattle Review. She lives in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Klappentext "These poems are full of surprises: the gods talk; ancient authors talk; the dictionary talks; very memorably, the bridge over the Drina River, roughly between Bosnia and Serbia, speaks two haunting poems. The dead talk, wolves talk, a teacher talks, with a chorus, Sometimes I like to imagine this long poem being staged. What the music would be! Who would do the sets! What languages..., Rooms and Fields is history not simply documented and explored but also deeply felt. A poetic inquiry, its concerns are uniquely and fundamentally intimate. Compassion drives this collection of spare and gracious poems. WICK The Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize is offered annually to a poet who has not previously published a full length collection of poems. It is made possible through the Wick Poetry Center, which is directed by Maggie Anderson. The Wick Poetry Center also sponsors scholarship awards, a reading series, and an annual chapbook competition for Ohio poets. Manuscripts for the Wick Poetry Chapbook Series are selected through an open competition of Ohio poets and through a competition for students enrolled in Ohio colleges and universities. For guidelines, write to Maggie Anderson, Coordinator. Wick Poetry Center. Department of English, Kent State University, P.O. box 5190. Kent OH 44242-0001. Zusammenfassung These poems are full of surprises: the gods talk; ancient authors talk; the dictionary talks; the bride over the Drina River! roughly between Bosnia and Serbia! speaks in two poems. The dead talk! wolves talk! a teacher talks! with a chorus. ""Rooms and Fields"" is history not simply documented and explored but also deeply felt. ...
