Poetry. Second Edition. Joyfully imaginative and emotionally rich, Heather Christle's debut collection of poetry expands the palette and intentions of contemporary surrealism. THE DIFFICULT FARM finds sincere emotion and passionately serious ideas in such surprising subjects as a so-called assassin who is, of course, a washerwoman; television interviews on hibernation; and enormous, vibrating birds. "This is serious. Heather Christle's poems in THE DIFFICULT FARM are dancing with the mysteries surrounding our condition and enlivening our language in the process. Christle's poems are magical but they're too busy to tell you that. These poems run and jump and float over an ever-evolving landscape where what's at work is the serious business of discovery. In this book you will make discoveries of all kinds. These poems will shoot you to the moon, but which moon?"—James Tate.
Author Hometown: NORTHAMPTON, MA USA
About the author: Heather Christle is the author of What Is Amazing (Wesleyan University Press, 2012), THE TREES THE TREES (Octopus Books, 2011) and THE DIFFICULT FARM (Octopus Books, 2009), and a chapbook, The Seaside! (Minutes Books, 2010). Her poems have appeared widely in publications including The Believer, Boston Review, Gulf Coast, and The New Yorker. She has taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and at Emory University, where she was the 2009-2011 Creative Writing Fellow. She is the Web Editor for jubilat and frequently a writer in residence at the Juniper Summer Writing Institute. A native of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, she lives in Western Massachusetts.
Reviews:
Chris Hosea at Friends write books
Oscar Oswald @ The Offending Adam
Theobald @ Loads of Learned Lumber
Douglas Korb @ Barrelhouse
Tommy Jacobi @ Manchac
Erin McNellis in NOÖ Journal
author blog
"Acorn Duly Crushed" in Boston Review
Three Poems in Front Porch Journal
Mike Young @ HTMLGIANT
"The Fledgling Crocus" @ HTMLGIANT
"Stroking My Head with My Deception Stick" @ HTMLGIANT
"One of Several Talking Men" @ HTMLGIANT
"Cocorico" @ HTMLGIANT
