Poetry. These poems—of small town Minnesota, its backroads, its beauty, its loneliness, and its pain—are many-voiced, producing a rich and polyphonic texture, that is by turns irreverent, political, humorous, and searching. This is an important addition to the Midwestern canon.
Author Hometown: KIRKLAND, WA USA
About the author: Robert Edwards is from northern Minnesota. He attended Moorhead State University where he studied poetry with Thomas McGrath. His books include RUMORS OF EARTH, TRANSPARENCIES, Radio Venceremos, and American Sounds. He lives near Seattle and edits the online magazine Pemmican.
