Poetry. "STARS OF THE NIGHT COMMUTE haunts in three dimensions, knit by a below-words rumble in the sure rhythm of dreams."—Annie Finch

"Božičević's poetry has everything—a mastery of language, a distinct and singular voice and a worldview so visionary and all-encompassing, so as to both terrify and astound."—Noelle Kocot

"How does she do it?"—Eileen Myles

"Absolutely anything can happen next but whatever it is, it will be perfect.... She is able to stretch language to its most ineffable and musical limits while maintaining a masterful grasp of the colloquial.... She is able to perceive with the eyes of language—then render with lyrical immediacy—the experience of our collective sleepwalking soul, who may well soon awaken to discover that its terror was not a dream."—Franz Wright

Author Hometown: NEW YORK, NY USA



About the author: Ana Božičević was born in Zagreb, Croatia, in 1977. She emigrated to NYC in 1997. STARS OF THE NIGHT COMMUTE (Tarpaulin Sky Press, November 2009) is her first book of poems. Her fifth chapbook, Depth Hoar, will be published by Cinematheque Press in 2010. With Amy King, Ana co-curates The Stain of Poetry reading series in Brooklyn, and is co-editing an anthology, THE URBAN POETIC, forthcoming from Factory School. She works at the Center for the Humanities of The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Reviews:
Nicole Mauro in Jacket
Mary Austin Speaker on Verse blog
Kim Parko @ HTMLGIANT