Poetry. "The poems of Catherine Wagner are instantly sacramental, immediately mysterious. Showing songlines to Spicer's profanity and to Zukofsky's purest register, they move through musics entirely their own. There, MISS AMERICA finds a broken world wide-open but unharmed. There, Wagner proves the wisdom of divided hearts. She is a mage and a marvel. I believe she is our best"-Donald Russell. "If I died, I might want to come back as Catherine Wagner"--Rae Armantrout.

Author Hometown: OXFORD, OH USA



About the author: Catherine Wagner was born in Burma and grew up in Baltimore. She is the author of MY NEW JOB (2009), MACULAR HOLE (2004) and MISS AMERICA (2001), all from Fence Books. With Rebecca Wolff, she edited NOT FOR MOTHERS ONLY: CONTEMPORARY POEMS ON CHILD-GETTING & CHILD REARING (Fence Books, 2007). Recent chapbooks include Bornt (Dusie, 2009), Articulate How (Big Game, 2008) and Hole in the Ground (Slack Buddha, 2008). She teaches at Miami University in Oxford, OH.