Poetry. The poems in AUGUST LETTER TO MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS relate to a visit to China in August of 2000. They are simply told in a hypnotic nine-line form: "In brush set, jade earrings and bracelet for Molly./ Silk vests for the girls, kids drums, treasure box,rubber/ ball that lights up when it bounces, silk wall hanging."
Author City: SOMERVILLE, MA USA
Joseph Torra, editor, poet and novelist, lives and works in Somerville, Massachusetts, and teaches writing at UMass Boston. His books include the poetry collections AUGUST LETTER TO MY WIFE AND DAUGHTERS (Pressed Wafer, 2000), AFTER THE CHINESE (Pressed Wafer, 2004), and TIME BEING (Quale Press, 2012), and the novels THEY SAY (Quale Press, 2007), CALL ME WAITER (Pressed Wafer, 2008), and WHAT'S SO FUNNY (Pressed Wafer, 2011).
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