Arranged in chronological order, each illustration is accompanied by complete bibliographical information, including pagination, issue date, physical description, and other notations. Every cover of each first-edition book reproduced in color.
OFFICIAL BIO
EDWARD NUDELMAN'S first full-length book of poetry, "What Looks Like an Elephant" was published by Lummox Press in 2011. "Night Fires," was a semifinalist for the Journal Award ("The Wheeler Prize) given by OSU Press in 2009 and was published by Pudding House Publications in 2009. "Casting the Nines," an anthology of nine poets with nine poems (PHP, 2009) honored Nudelman as one of nine selected poets contributing poems. He received a Pushcart Nomination in 2009. Some of his poems have been recently published in Chiron Review, Poets and Artists (Oranges and Sardines), Ampersand, Syntax, The Atlanta Review, OCHO, Mipoesias, Plainsongs, Tears in the Fence, fourW, Floating Bridge Press, The Orange Room Review, The Penwood Review, The White Leaf Review, Adagio Verse Quarterly, and others. Nudelman is a noted cancer research biologist with over 60 published papers in top-tier journals. He has published two widely read books on an American illustrator, Jessie Willcox Smith (Pelican Publishing, 1989, 1990). A native of Seattle, Nudelman is currently working and living just north of Boston with his wife, Susan, and their Golden Retriever, Sofie.
REVIEWS/COMMENTS ON "WHAT LOOKS LIKE AN ELEPHANT"
1
Edward Nudelman's delicious use of math and science language and metaphors combined with his sense of humor and seemingly limitless curiosity; his capacity to surprise the reader with juxtapositions and acute observations: "His face leans into the cold window,/nostrils pressed against glass leaving/transient marks with every expiration"(from On the T, Near Park Street); and the sheer loveliness of so many lines: "fish released deep into gray sea with krill,/blind and anaerobic, nothing to breathe/but sheer grace through green gills" (from The Quitter), make this a book to re-read, to share with friends and family, and to return to for inspiration, discovery, comfort, and fun.
April Ossmann
Poet, independent editor, and former director of Alice James Books.
2
Few poets can steer between generosity and insight or aphorism and wonder with ease, but Edward Nuddleman's book is one of those rare books. He makes the intangible tangible. He turns afterthought into deep thought. Above all, he unpacks certainties into reasonable doubts. This is a keen book and a special one.
David Bespiel, Poet, The Book of Men and Women, 2009 (Named 'Best Poetry of the Year' by The Poetry Foundation), past poetry reviewer Washington Post, NY Times.
3
Edward Nudelman's poetry revitalizes life. Time passes quickly but reading these poems is to be awakened alive in the moment.
Grace Cavalieri
Water on the Sun, Bordighera Poetry Award, Pen Center Best Book List
4
Edward Nudelman's poems remind me of electrical outlets. You put your finger in one, it gives off a jolt; you move onto the next one. They're about machines, shadows, visions, calculations, nuts, babies, fingernails, ghosts, 'buzzing warnings' and the surprisingly subtle difference between being on and off. In short, they're philosophical but enjoyable. I recommend the book."
-Aaron Belz, PhD
Poet, professor (English); Lovely, Raspberry. Persea Books. 2010. The Bird Hoverer. BlazeVOX books. 2007. Plausible worlds. Observable Books. 2005.
