Poetry. Fiction. Published in 1992, well before Sherman Alexie became well-known as the screenwriter for the film SMOKE SIGNALS, THE BUSINESS OF FANCYDANCING has now been turned into a film with none
Poetry. Native American Studies. FIRST INDIAN ON THE MOON opens with the section "Influences": "where I have been/ most of my lives/ is where I'm going/--Lucille Clifton". The stories and poems of She
Poetry. Native American Studies. THE SUMMER OF BLACK WIDOWS presents poetry that has continued to grow in power, complexity, and vision. According to reviewer James R. Kincaid, "Mr. Alexie's is one of
Poetry. "Poet as prime responder, constant sender, ever on call. It's Joel Lewis with the news!"—Clark Coolidge. "In this ambitious serial poem of Staten Island, Joel Lewis takes on a role equal part
Poetry. "BOY DRINKERS looks with sober eyes at the people, tragedies, and traditions that shaped any of us who grew up in a community where alcohol and God were equally able to bring us to our kn
Poetry. "You can sense the benign influence of such major New York School figures as Kenneth Koch and Paul Violi in Jamail's exclamatory poems...This book is worthy of its legacy."--David Lehman
Poetry. This "is my new favorite book of poems and should be everyone's. The poems are so brilliantly original they defy labels or comparisons. No one writes poetry like Winch." —Michael Lally
Poetry. This book "is full of haunting extended metaphors and a pervasive sense of the metaphysical found even in the most seemingly casual situations...."
Poetry. THE ALCHEMIST'S DIARY is strong first collection featuring poems of family and Detroit's Arab-American community. Hayna Charara is a star -- follow him -- Naomi Shihab Nye. Sense and feeling..
Poetry. Chuck Wachtel's WHAT HAPPENS TO ME is revelatory, not only in its lyrical clarity and knowledge, but also in its experimental and elliptical compression in poetry and short prose --Yusef Komun
