Ideal Cities: Poems (National Poetry Series)

ISBN: 0061995185

Author: Meitner, Erika

Condition: New

These poems are so generous, so bright and sharp, so funny and winning, they feel immense.-Paul GuestErika 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 GiovanniExploring 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.