Epicenter [Paperback]

Wendy Wisner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

The dark narrative sketched out in these graceful lyric poems immerses yet distances the consciousness, like an impressionistic painting, slightly blurred at the level of detail but made ever richer at the level of feeling, of emotion. Wendy Wisner’s EPICENTER is a remarkably composed (in many senses of that word) first collection of poems and establishes her as a poet to follow.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Lyrical, interior, grounded in the beauties and struggles of daily life, family life, EPICENTER is a thrilling, heartbreaking first book. -- Donna Masini

These poems, one after the other, take my breath away and give breath back to me. -- Jan Heller Levi

[Wendy Wisner's] best poems possess a strange interiority that makes them feel lit from within. -- Mark Doty

About the Author

Wendy holds an MFA in poetry from Hunter College, and her awards include an Academy of American Poets Prize and the 2003 Amy Award. Her poems have appeared in Runes, Sojourner, 5AM, Main Street Rag, Red River Review, and Big City Lit. She has taught poetry at Makor (an affiliate of the 92nd Street Y), and currently teaches expository writing at Hunter College. Wendy Wisner’s EPICENTER was the runner-up for the 2003 CustomWords Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, the Word Works Washington Prize, and the Main Street Rag Book Award.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: WordTech Communications (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932339159
• ISBN-13: 978-1932339154
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,083,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)