This is Robert Hershon's thirteenth poetry collection, his other most recent titles being Calls from the Outside World and The German Lunatic. His work has appeared in American Poetry Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Vanitas, The Nation, and The Recluse, among many others, and he has written for the websites of The Poetry Foundation and Best American Poetry. He is co-editor of Hanging Loose Press. Hershon has won two fellowships from The National Endowment for the Arts and three from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, Donna Brook. (Author photo by Star Black)
Praise for Robert Hershon's poetry:
“Downhome poems that stay put…it doesn't get any better.”
—Robert Creeley
“Writing poetry is as natural an act for Hershon as walking across the Brooklyn Bridge toward home…he is utterly at ease on the page: amused and amusing, conversational and philosophical.”
—Donna Seaman, Booklist
“The latest example of Robert Hershon's impish wit with its trenchant edge…”
—David Lehman, The Wall Street Journal
“Hershon is one of the funniest, wittiest poets I know, and he's also one of those rare ones who can hit you right in the heart.”
—Bill Zavatsky, The Poetry Foundation website
“Few poets write about community and the individual's changing role in the way Hershon does…He captures brief moments of experience reminiscent of William Carlos Williams.”
—Bloomsbury Review
Hanging Loose Press
