Poetry. The poems in THE AFTER-DEATH HISTORY OF MY MOTHER involve the work of mourning. They come to terms with mortality and reparation for acute loss in surreal, dream-like encounters between the living and the departed. McIntosh confronts the constraints imposed by history on the present and loosens those strictures through the charms of his imagination. An elegantly crafted long poem, "Obsessional" records intriguing detective work on Tudor English literary history and assesses the nature of how art is created, by whom, and under what circumstances.

Author Hometown: OCEANSIDE, NY USA



About the author: Sandy McIntosh's collections of poetry include ERNESTA, IN THE STYLE OF THE FLAMENCO (Marsh Hawk Press, 2010), 237 More Reasons to Have Sex (with Denise Duhamel), FORTY-NINE GUARANTEED WAYS TO ESCAPE DEATH and nine other books, including a Chinese cookbook, as well as software programs, including Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! He has published in The New York Times, Newsday, The Nation, the Wall Street Journal, American Book Review, and elsewhere. He has been managing editor of Confrontation magazine, and is publisher of Marsh Hawk Press.

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