Description
- Rohrer's newest collection, A Green Light, is due out from Verse Press in May 2004, and will generate renewed interest in his backlist. - Rohrer's first collection sold extremely well, and he continues to be one of the most talked-about poets of his generation. - Rohrer is a poetry editor of the highly visible New York magazine Fence.
- Matthew Rohrer is currently planning a Fall 2003 tour through the Northeast with Joshua Beckman. - Significant opportunity for course adoptions (has already sold hundreds of copies for course adoptions through special order). - Library sales: many libraries own A Hummock in the Malookas and should hear about this book as well for their collections.
About the Author
Matthew Rohrer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in Oklahoma. He attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, University College Dublin, and the University of Michigan, where he won the Avery Hopwood Award for poetry. His first book, A Hummock in the Malookas, was a winner of the National Poetry Series and chosen as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1995. Mary Oliver called his work "beautiful and disquieting," and Harvard Review notes that his poems are "everywhere marked by freshness and originality." He has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered - The Book Show, and is a poetry editor of Fence.
Book Information
ISBN 9780970367235
Author Matthew Rohrer
Format Paperback
Page Count 86
Imprint Wave Books
Publisher Wave Books
Weight(grams) 141g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm * 7mm
- Matthew Rohrer is currently planning a Fall 2003 tour through the Northeast with Joshua Beckman. - Significant opportunity for course adoptions (has already sold hundreds of copies for course adoptions through special order). - Library sales: many libraries own A Hummock in the Malookas and should hear about this book as well for their collections.
About the Author
Matthew Rohrer was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in Oklahoma. He attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, University College Dublin, and the University of Michigan, where he won the Avery Hopwood Award for poetry. His first book, A Hummock in the Malookas, was a winner of the National Poetry Series and chosen as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1995. Mary Oliver called his work "beautiful and disquieting," and Harvard Review notes that his poems are "everywhere marked by freshness and originality." He has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered - The Book Show, and is a poetry editor of Fence.
Book Information
ISBN 9780970367235
Author Matthew Rohrer
Format Paperback
Page Count 86
Imprint Wave Books
Publisher Wave Books
Weight(grams) 141g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 139mm * 7mm
