Autumn is the inspiration behind this anthology, but not necessarily the destination. The destination is the discovery of the human condition, the discovery of the ways in which we respond to the natural world. In this extraordinary anthology, forty-seven contemporary poets and one photographer respond to the myriad ways in which what we think and feel about the “autumnal” resonates through our lives and senses: spiritually, physically, and philosophically. Contributing poets were asked “to let their language rub up against any part or parts of the autumnal world that calls to them, whether from the outside in or the inside out.” In other words, these autumn poems and photographs need not so much as mention fallen leaves, milkweed, or even “autumn.” Autumn is the inspiration, but not necessarily the destination. The destination is as ever, the discovery of the human condition, the discovery of the ways in which we respond to the natural world. The poems included in this anthology have all been written fresh in response to the autumnal prompt, with new work from luminaries such as Elise Paschen, Martha Ronk, G.C. Waldrep, Michael Chitwood, Gillian Cummings, Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, Rick Hilles, Eva Hooker, Luisa A. Igloria, and William Orem. The photographs are by Jeffrey Levine, who, in addition to being executive director of Tupelo Press, is widely recognized for his work behind the camera. These images boast exceptional composition and color, but beyond technique, each photo offers up a penetrating resonance on the theme of autumn and the autumnal.  
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Rose Auslander As the weather turns Pack your old summers in boxesCynthia Bargar Atonement after Sunset at PonyhengeWilliam Barnes the art of collageBrenda Beardsley TroglodyteChristopher Buckley Agnostic ApostasyMichael Chitwood Falling Leaves Catching in Fallen LeavesGillian Cummings As Sleep ComesJon Davis Wallace Stevens in the Blackfoot River ValleyGlenndale (Mark) DeFoe Jr. Song of Winter SnowMaija Rhee Devine Autumn, You Suck Autumn’s Wet, Black Diaper AutumnMackenzie Schubert Polonyi Donnelly Estefelé / Toward Evening Dear AcesoRebecca A. Durham Wood ParadeKaren Earle [dew-starred]Kristina Erny ShuttleGibson Fay-LeBlanc From Room to RoomLisa Furmanski primer of prairie portentDeborah Gorlin Aging in PlaceJenny Grassl Earth Sings Greensleeves to MankindBonney Hartley Ordaining the OrdinaryRosemary Herbert In Elsie’s GardenRick Hilles Prayer for This MorningEva Hooker Like the Wild Thyme, Unseen Dry SalvagesLuisa A. Igloria The Myth of DistanceDidi Jackson OpenJohn James The Field Which Had Been a Meadow Onces. d. lishan October 23Katherine Cota MacDonald SundustSarah Maclay Swansong ~ Autumn AubadeMarjorie Maddox Midlife MowingLibby Maxey The New ActaeonSusan McCabe Ovid During LockdownOvid Speaks to Bark, in these Times of Our Sickness  James McCorkle Red KnotDawn McGuire EquinoctialBecka Mara McKay The Judgment of the Open Pit (Exodus 21:23) Alicia Rebecca Myers LossWilliam Orem The Festal LettersPreeti Parikh The [ ] of FormElise Paschen Sumac in PawhuskaVeronica Patterson Autumn Is a Honey Locust TreeMartha Ronk Queen Anne’s Lace October WeedSteven Salmoni Landscape, with Changing WeatherMara Adamitz Scrupe Lawrence Campground Windfall OrchardAnnette Sisson At sixteen, instead of practicing pianoArthur Solway Mid-Autumn Diary L. Stuart Autumn UnderstoryNatalie Taylor Shouldering into restG. C. Waldrep Autumn Celebrant Resting Crown Milkweed Remnant, Colton Point RoadCalleja Smiley Welsh The tree and I have nothingLaura Budofsky Wisniewski Math Sonnet #1 When the Leaves Have Fallen, the Zen Master Stops Eating
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781961209251
Publisert
2025-03-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Tupelo Press, Incorporated
Vekt
367 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
140

Biographical note

Jeffrey Levine is the author of three books of poetry: At the Kinnegad Home for the Bewildered, Rumor of Cortez, and Mortal, Everlasting. His many poetry prizes include the Larry Levis Prize from the Missouri Review, the James Hearst Poetry Prize from North American Review, the Mississippi Review Poetry Prize, the Ekphrasis Poetry Prize, and the American Literary Review Poetry Prize. His poems have garnered twenty-one Pushcart nominations. A graduate of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, Levine is the founder, artistic director, and publisher of Tupelo Press, an award-winning independent literary press located in the historic NORAD Mill in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts. Alan Berolzheimer is a consulting editor at Tupelo Press. Allison O'Keefe is the operations administrator at Tupelo Press. She is a graduate of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, and she lives in North Adams.