Synopses & Reviews
Poetry. "BODY CLOCK explores the vast interiors of the intimate and insular estate of pregnancy and the start of motherhood with time-machine precision and a newborn's curiosity"--C.D. Wright. "And at the base of it all is the body, the human body, but also the bodies of minutes and hours, which she sketches as she times them, creating marvelous portraits of the otherwise invisible. This book is a tour-de-force of sound and hope, a brainy unraveling of enigma to reveal the enigmas underneath"-Cole Swenson. Sikelianos, a California native, is the author of the memoir THE BOOK OF JON and many poetry collections, including THE CALIFORNIA POEM and THE MONSTER LIVES OF BOYS. Currently the author lives in Boulder, Colorado where she teaches at the University of Denver.
Review
"One enjoys standing at the sink with Sikelianos. Noticing, perhaps beauty, perhaps decay."The California Journal of Poetics
Synopsis
Lauded by Michael Ondaatje as an “unforgettable” writer and praised by The Washington Post for her ability to capture “the subtlest shades of the emotional palette,” Eleni Sikelianos now charts the curvature of growth and time, encompassing the bewilderment and delight of a new parent, while mapping the shape of our troubled world. Observing that “what is alive in the body clock is also ticking,” her poems and sketches illustrate the infinite possibilities unfurling as minutes give shape to hours, the body gives shape to a child, and events give shape to history.
A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world traveler, Eleni Sikelianos lives in Boulder and teaches at Denver University.
Synopsis
An exquisite exploration of motherhood and the elastic nature of time.
About the Author
Praised by The Washington Post for her ability to capture "the subtlest shades of the emotional palette," Eleni Sikelianos is the author of a memoir and three previous poetry collections, including The California Poem, a Barnes and Noble Best of the Year. A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world-traveler, Sikelianos lives in Boulder and teaches at Denver University.