· Connie Wanek University of Nebraska Press ($) by Edward A. Dougherty. Rival Gardens is the second in University of Nebraska Press’s Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry series. In his introduction, the former Poet Laureate observes that Wanek’s poems “offer an indelible language to use while admiring our world.”. Rival Gardens includes more than thirty unpublished poems, along with poems selected from three previous books—all in Wanek’s unmistakable voice: plainspoken and elegant, unassuming and wise, observant and original. Many of her new poems focus on the garden, beginning with the Garden of Eden. A deep feeling for family and for the losses and gains of growing into maturity mark the tone of Rival Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. This new and selected poems edition is a compilation of her work from three previous books as well as new poems, introduced by the former American Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser. Wanek's poems remind me not a little of Kooser in fact. There is a similar posture of modesty and good-nature at work as well as a focus on the rural as opposed to the urban/5.
Poet Connie Wanek is a recipient of the Willow Poetry Prize, the Jane Kenyon Poetry Prize, and a Witter Bynner Fellowship at the Library of Congress. This new and selected poems edition is a compilation of her work from three previous books as well as new poems, introduced by the former American Poet Laureate, Ted Kooser. Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems (Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry) Connie Wanek's poems resonate. She manages to take small details and show how they relate to the life of the speaker in her poems and then to the common parts of our shared existence. Whether its a carrot being pulled from a garden, a pickle in the refrigerator, a child. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems by Connie Wanek (Paperback, ) at the best online prices at eBay!
Her newest book of poetry is Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems, published by University of Nebraska Press, the second in the Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry Series. Wanek's poems have appeared in Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Great River Review, Poetry East, Water-Stone, and many other publications over the years. In , US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser named her a Witter Bynner Fellow of the Library of Congress. Connie Wanek has been writing since her hand could hold a pencil. She is the author of five books of poetry, including Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems, newly released from the University of Nebraska Press. It's the second book in the Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry Series. Rival Gardens includes more than thirty unpublished poems, along with poems selected from three previous books—all in Wanek's unmistakable voice: plainspoken and elegant, unassuming and wise, observant and original. Many of her new poems focus on the garden, beginning with the Garden of Eden.
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