Leave the Room to Itself: Poems (Sawtooth Poetry Prize Series 2003) [Paperback]

Graham Foust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2003

Poetry. Winner of the 2003 Sawtooth Poetry Prize, judged by Joe Wenderoth, who comments, in his introduction: "There are many ways to hear 'it takes off the top of my head.' For me, the most important way to hear it is: it makes me suddenly and oddly aware that I am alive--aware that I am simultaneously at the end and the beginning of my power, which is simply to be there and to say so. Foust's poems do this for me; I feel akin to the mute struggler that lurks all around these poems that eludes so many attempts at saying that and where and how he is. The struggle is, in my view, dignified -- never self-congratulatory, never self-pitying -- and it has produced sounds for us to come back to--sounds for us to set out from"--Joe Wenderoth, from the introduction.

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About the Author

Graham Foust was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The author of four books of poetry, including NECESSARY STRANGER (Flood Editions, 2007), he lives in Oakland, California, with his wife and son and teaches at Saint Mary's College of California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 53 pages
• Publisher: Ahsahta Press (December 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 091627277X
• ISBN-13: 978-0916272777
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,118,514 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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