Catastrophe of Rainbows (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) (CSU Poetry Series) [Paperback]

Martha Collins (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Catastrophe of Rainbows is that rare thing, a book which is mysteriously familiar even on a first reading and new and surprising on each successive encounter...As the subtle inter-connections among the poems clarify and expand, it is as if one inhabits a seamless arc of color. And also sound...But it is the poet as story-teller who most amazes me. Like a magician, she tells us what she is about to do and, as she tells it, it happens." --Peter Klappert

"I admire the fierce purity of Martha Collin's language and, more, the sardonic imagination with which she explores and elaborates alternative--and sometimes sinister--fictions about the world...Her Catastrophe of Rainbows is an enlightening event. " --Sandra Gilbert

"Martha Collins is a poet whose command of craft rises beautifully to meet the needs of her vision...The content which informs, which forms , these poems doesn't sound like someone else's...Her diction and images often have a dense, closewoven texture, as of tapestry. In the long title-poem this is especially true." --Denise Levertov

About the Author

Martha Collins was born in Nebraska, raised in Iowa, and educated at Stanford University and the University of Iowa. The Catastrophe of Rainbows , her first book of poems, was originally published in 1985. More recent collections include A History of Small Life On A Windy Planet (University of Georgia Press, 1993), winner of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award; and Some Things Words Can Do (Sheep Meadow, 1998). She founded the creative writing program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, and now co-directs the creative writing program at Oberlin College, where she also serves as an editor of Field.

Product Details

• Paperback: 68 pages
• Publisher: Cleveland State University Poetry Center; First Edition edition (March 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091494648X
• ISBN-13: 978-0914946489
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,591,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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