Nomadic Foundations [Paperback]

Sandra Meek (Author)

Editorial Reviews

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Sandra Meek neither judges nor praises, but the reader comes away from these often stunning poems with a broken heart. -- Maxine Kumin

Sandra Meek's tender advocacy of the unfamiliar declares a Jubilee, and nothing could be more timely. -- Donald Revell

The landscape of Botswana, and its otherness to human understanding, is palpable in these poems. -- Reginald Shepherd

The near-tangible realities of this book are ... a gift to us all. This book is a necessary pleasure. -- Bin Ramke

What we have here is best described by the poet herself, with characteristic originality: nomadic foundations. -- Mark Jarman

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Ninebark Press (May 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970934238
• ISBN-13: 978-0970934239
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,352,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Biographical Note

Sandra Meek's third book of poems, "Biogeography," was the 2006 winner of the Dorset Award (Tupelo Press, November 2008). Her previous book publications include "Nomadic Foundations" (2002) and "Burn" (2005), and she has also published a chapbook, "The Circumference of Arrival" (2001). She is also the editor of an anthology, "Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad" (Ninebark Press, 2007), which was awarded a 2008 Independent Publisher Book Award Gold Medal. She has published more than one hundred poems in journals such as Agni, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, Conjunctions, Green Mountains Review, and The Iowa Review, and she has twice been awarded Georgia Author of the Year, in 2006 for "Burn," and in 2003 for "Nomadic Foundations," which also was awarded the Peace Corps Writers Award in Poetry. Meek served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Manyana, Botswana, 1989-1991. In 2008, she was named Poetry Editor of the Phi Kappa Phi Forum, the flagship publication of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, a journal which has a per-issue distribution of more than 100,000. She is a co-founding editor of Ninebark Press, Director of the Georgia Poetry Circuit, and Professor of English, Rhetoric, and Writing at Berry College. She lives in Rome, Georgia, USA.

"Biogeography" at Tupelo Press: https://www.tupelopress.org/biogeo.shtml

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful collection of poetry!, April 22, 2002

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Shelley Pier (Mount Berry, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nomadic Foundations (Paperback)

Each poem is a looking glass through which Dr. Meek tries to convey the beauty of Batswana and the dimensions of human experience. Her use of language is as stunning as it is beautiful. Very impressive collection! Highly recommend!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliance!, September 23, 2005

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Nicodemus Whistling "Joseph" (London, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nomadic Foundations (Paperback)

A most excellent read. Sandra Meek's gift of language will lead you on an emotional roller coaster. Her words will truly reach the depths of your soul. Nomadic Foundations is an outstanding work and one of her best. I give it my highest recommendation.