Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Victoria Brockmeier composes a mosaic of storytelling, myths, and feminist ideas in her award-winning collection of poems, my maiden cowboy names. Both linguistically playful and genuinely experimental, these poems explore the smallness of human experience. The sumptuousness and vitality of this collection does not sacrifice the capacity for excavating observation and sharp wit. Lush and spacious, these poems revel in the unexpectedly beautiful and the beautifully broken. Winner of the 2008 T.S. Eliot Prize.
Synopsis
Victoria Brockmeier assembles a mosaic of storytelling, ecopoetics, and a boldly embodied feminism in her award-winning collection of poems. Both sumptuous and intricate, these poems attend to the smallness of human experience without sacrificing their capacity for excavating observation and sharp wit. They revel in the unexpectedly beautiful and the beautifully broken. Winner of the 2008 T. S. Eliot Prize