A Galaxy In A Jar by Laura Winter collects twenty-eight new and previously published poems. Introduction by Jane Yolen. Illustrations by Beth Hanson. Her poems "Egg Horror Poem," and "Why Goldfish Shouldn't Use Power Tools" won both the Asimov's Readers' Award and the Rhysling Award. Poems included are "Godlet," "The Pocket-and Beyond," "The Stone Baby," "E-love," "How To Make Love To A Shark," "Expedition," "Eve's Theory of Gravity," "Myth," and twenty more.
"...who is this woman, I wonder, closing the book, measuring mittens, pondering needles the size of Ohio, wondering about raw blind fish, realizing that this Laurel Winter, a small town Montana and Minnesota girl, has galaxy-sized imaginings..." From the introduction by Jane Yolen.
