‘Cognizant of loss but always celebratory, Lockward’s poems are irreverent, ravenous for the world, and unabashedly female. When. ‘In Losing the Blues, ‘ she writes, ‘I could burn / the hands off a man, ‘ you have no doubt that she is singing a true song.’ — Kim Addonizio
About the author
Diane Lockward is the author of four poetry books, most recently The Uneaten Carrots of Atonement (Wind, 2016). She is also the editor of The Crafty Poet II: A Portable Workshop, the original The Crafty Poet, and The Practicing Poet: Writing Beyond the Basics. Her poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Southern Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, and elsewhere. Her work has also appeared on Poetry Daily, Verse Daily, American Life in Poetry, and The Writer’s Almanac. Her awards include the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize, a NJ State Council on the Arts poetry fellowship, and a Woman of Achievement Award.
More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
100,863 Ebooks in this category
