Lucy / your secret book / that you leaned over and wrote just in the dirt- / Not having to have an ending / Not having to last. . . . And so begins Jean Valentine's provocative new work, Lucy, a poem that pays homage to the three million-year-old skeleton of the earliest known hominid. With a deep sense of gratitude and profound longing, this poem celebrates the creative power of the female by introducing us to one of our oldest human ancestors. In a dreamlike and often fractured syntax that is vintage Valentine, Lucy, the "wildgood mother" of our species, can once again be heard.

* Special initiative to raise interest within the academic community for course adoptions * Special mailing to archaeological exhibits and museums * Will submit to all qualifying book prizes * Total season's marketing budget of $18,000; individual book budget of $3,000 * Newsletter and catalog feature mailed to contacts on Sarabande database as well as many contacts as Valentine provides

About the Author
Author of over a dozen poetry collections, Jean Valentine won the Yale Younger Poets Award for her first book in 1965, and subsequent collections have won the The PSA's Shelley Memorial Prize in 2000 and the National Book Award in 2004. She has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, NYU, Columbia, and the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.

Reviews
Will submit for review at Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, Rain Taxi, Poetry, The New York Times Book Review, and many literary journals with a focus on poetry



Book Information
ISBN 9781932511680
Author Jean Valentine
Format Paperback
Page Count 32
Imprint Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Publisher Sarabande Books, Incorporated
Weight(grams) 42g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 154mm * 5mm