Breath in Every Room (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library) [Paperback]

Tami Haaland (Author)

Book Description

Series: Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize Library | Publication Date: December 1, 2001

Selected from more than 800 entrants, Montanan Tami Haaland's debut book includes gritty, uplifting, and humorous poems.

After

We stand at the washing machine picking

straw from our son's new sweater

after he has tripped in a pumpkin patch

and run through amaranth with his

second grade friends. Our fingers

ease slivers from the fibers, back

then front, stomach, shoulders,

arms, after a morning of angry

glares, an afternoon of looking

away then opening to talk about

weather and people we know.

Our fingers examine this fabric for

odd texture, the barbs buried deep.

Tami Haaland teaches English at Montana State University-Billings. She received an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars in January 2000.

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"In her impressive debut,...the seeds of [Haaland's] creative strength germinate in crystals of mythology and the telling of dreams." -- Joel Weishaus, Philadelphia Inquirer

"She seems blessed with a wonderfully nimble and fearless imagination." -- Askold Melnyczuk

"Tami Haaland's poems touch the interior of the world...Like a whale's song, they are recursive - eddying, building." -- Sandra Alcosser

About the Author

Tami Haaland teaches English at Montana State University-Billings. Her work has appeared in Calyx, 5AM, Petroglyph, The Florida Review, and in the anthologies Cowboy Poetry Matters and Ring of Fire: Writers of the Yellowstone Region. She received an MFA from Bennington College in January 2000.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Story Line Press (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1586540165
• ISBN-13: 978-1586540166
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,387,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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