Synopses & Reviews
2002 Tupelo Press Editor's Choice Award Winner! The poems in this collection expand a vision of the ordinary into the mythic. Focusing on her own personal experience and using as a mirror contemporary women in Egypt, Tina Barr delves into the worlds of sexuality, violence, imagination and identity. Her verse is instinctive, visceral, and powerful. This is an outstanding work by an exceptionally fearless and gifted poet.
Tina Barr's poetry has appeared in a host of literary magazines including The American Poetry Review, The Harvard Review, The Paris Review, and Prairie Schooner. Her work has been included in several poetry anthologies such as Editor's Choice IIIand Meridian Bound, and she has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes.
Synopsis
Poetry. 2002 Tupelo Press Editor's Choice Award Winner! The poems in this collection expand a vision of the ordinary into the mythic. Focusing on her own personal experience and using as a mirror contemporary women in Egypt, Tina Barr delves into the worlds of sexuality, violence, imagination and identity. Her verse is instinctive, visceral, and powerful. This is an outstanding work by an exceptionally fearless and gifted poet. She has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes.
About the Author
Tina Barrs poetry has appeared in a host of literary magazines including The American Poetry Review, The Harvard Review, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner, and she has been a featured poet in The Painted Bride Quarterly and Swamp Root. Her work has been included in several poetry anthologies such as Editors Choice III, and Meridian Bound and she has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes.