“We cannot do without Fanny Howe.” —Ange Mlinko, The NationHere a gun might go off, There perhaps a broom would brush away the sticks of spring. It was not your fault where you were dropped Or where y
A spiritually resonant and politically urgent new collection by the winner of the Lenore Marshall poetry prizeMy father was a soldierwho was smaller than my sonwhen he returned as a ghost.I begged him
Fanny Howe's new collection One Crossed Out, presents a portrait painted from the inside of the life of a homeless woman. The poems speak in the voice of May, the girl crossed out, the bad girl, the m
Fanny Howe, acclaimed poet and winner the 2001 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize, explores the fears and freedoms of single motherhood in this newly reprinted collection, featuring cover art by her son, Ma