Synopses & Reviews
Music from Home is a substantial selection of the poetry of Colleen McElroy. Her poetry sings her gentleness, humor, sorrow and pain, and, above all, love. She is a remarkably flexible and gifted contemporary American poet whose poetry reflects her era. It sets down the essentials memorably, with wisdom as well as emotion.
Synopsis
Music from Home is a substantial selection of the poetry of Colleen McElroy. Her poetry sings her gentleness, humor, sorrow and pain, and, above all, love. She is a remarkably flexible and gifted contemporary American poet whose poetry reflects her era. It sets down the essentials memorably, with wisdom as well as emotion.
About the Author
Colleen McElroys poetry has appeared in numerous magazines and has been collected in a previous volume, The Mules Done Long Since Gone. She is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Washington.
Knute Skinner is Professor of English at Western Washington State College, Bellingham.
John Gardner is a poet, scholar, and novelist. He lives in Bennington, Vermont.