Poetry. In this book-length sequence, Jane Miller meditates on home, love, war, and the responsibility of the poet. A PALACE OF PEARLS is inspired by the civilization of Al-Andalus, particularly the palace called the Alhambra. Miller leads the reader through "rooms," encountering Greek, Judaic, and Roman mythology, and through the streets of fifteenth century Spain and contemporary Rome. Jane Miller's work is "disturbingly recognizable, continuously suggestive, intimate, and beautiful"--W. S. Merwin.

Author City: TUCSON, AZ USA

Jane Miller is the author of ten collections of poetry, most recently A PALACE OF PEARLS (2005). She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships and a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Award. She lives in Tucson and teaches in the creative writing program at The University of Arizona, having served as the program's director from 1999 to 2003. A new collection, Thunderbird, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press in 2013.