Poetry. A deftly woven tenth collection from a respected poet with a rapidly ascending reputation. "Remember when I told you about the memory competitions?" asks Wier in her latest collection. Memories, apologies, and misunderstanding compete in this series of lyric poems that are intricately connected in their ability to recollect and speak to one another. Dara Wier is the author of nine previous collections of poems, most recently REVERSE RAPTURE (Verse Press, 2005). A recipient of awards and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the American Poetry Review, she teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Dara Wier is the author of ten collections of poetry, most recently REMNANTS OF HANNAH (Wave Books, 2006) and REVERSE RAPTURE (Verse Press, 2005). She is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, including those from the Guggenheim Foundation and the NEA, and she has taught at numerous universities and conferences throughout the country. Wier is on the permanent faculty of the University of Massachusetts Program for Poets & Writers.

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http://www.octopusmagazine.com/issue08/reviews/cynthia_arrieu_king_wier.htm
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