In this debut collection of poems, Sarah Alcott Anderson of Exeter, N.H., explores love, longing, loss, marriage, children, and place through her own experiences. ""In mostly plainspoken poems, I explore interior and exterior landscapes--from childhood to motherhood, New England to Ireland--in the hope of honoring that we are here right now,"" she says. Poet Matt Miller in the foreword writes that Anderson's lines seem ""at times spun from a sugared lightning, at other times are as plain and enriched as Irish bog or New Hampshire granite, line and lyric come together to insist against a silence the world would have the poet embrace.

About the Author
Sarah Anderson holds a BA in English from Skidmore College and an MFA in poetry from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Her poems have appeared in North American Review, Raleigh Review, December Magazine, and other journals. A high school teacher for eighteen years, she chairs the English Department at Berwick Academy in southern Maine. With her husband and two children, she runs the Word Barn, a gathering space in New Hampshire for literary and musical events, including writing workshops and her reading series, The Silo Series.


Book Information
ISBN 9781735168951
Author Sarah Alcott Anderson
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Loom Press
Publisher Loom Press
Weight(grams) 214g