A Larger Country (APR Honickman 1st Book Prize)
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (565 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0966339592 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Tomás Q. Morín's debut is rich with the mastery of Morín's lush storytelling. Morín's poems are as infectious and spooky and darkly humorous as the Brothers Grimm, as shapely and colloquial and eloquent as John Donne, and as skeptical and addicted to history-as-fable as Zbigniew Herbert."--Tom Sleigh, from the introduction"An energetic and moving book of fantasias and elegies."--Edward HirschSelected from over one thousand manuscripts for the APR/Honickman First Book Prize, Tomás Q. From war-torn images of Eastern Europe in the mid-1900s to modern-day glimpses of
He lives in San Marcos, Texas, and teaches at Texas State University.Tom Sleigh: Tom Sleigh won the 2008 Kingsley Tufts Award for his book of poetry, Space Walk (Houghton Mifflin). In 2011 he received the inaugural John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His debut volume of poetry, A Larger Country, won the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. Morín was born in Texas and educated at Texas State University and Johns Hopkins University. Sleigh has won the Shelley Prize from the Poetry Society of America, and grants from the Lila Wallace Fund, American Academy of Arts and Letters, the America
It's a nice book Kimi The poetry was interesting. I only bought this because it was required reading, but it turned out a pretty good read despite the requirements.. Not sure how this won a major award. Deb Poetry is ultimately rated based on the reader's personal taste. Clearly, that the judges for the Honickman Award had an appetite for the fairly unremarkable.
Tomás Q. His debut volume of poetry, A Larger Country, won the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. Morín was born in Texas and educated at Texas State University and Johns Hopkins University. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. He l