Poetry. Prose Poetry. "Peter Conners' first prose poetry collection, OF WHISKEY AND WINTER, joins the list of a few first books of prose poems (most notably Mary Kincel, David Shumate, and Lesle Lewis) that read like a selected or greatest hits"--Peter Johnson, from his Introduction. "Peter Conners' stunning prose poems are packed with keen sensistivity, dreaminess, and wit. I love his time travels, the vibrant layering of image and detail. Try taking walks as you are reading this book-the dazzle of landscapes, inner and outer, feel replenished and rich. This is language and vision I want to come home to again and again"-Naomi Shihab Nye. Poems from the collection have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies. One section of the book was published as the chapbook, The Names of Winter (FootHills Publishing, 2005).

Author City: ROCHESTER, NY USA

Peter Conners was born September 11, 1970, in a small town called America. His published books include the prose poetry collections THE CROWS WERE LAUGHING IN THEIR TREES and OF WHISKEY AND WINTER, and the novella EMILY ATE THE WIND. His memoir, Growing Up Dead: The Hallucinated Confessions of a Teenage Deadhead, was published by Da Capo Press in March 2009. He is also editor of PP/FF: AN ANTHOLOGY, published by Starcherone Books in April 2006, and author of WHITE HAND SOCIETY: THE PSYCHEDELIC PARTNERSHIP OF TIMOTHY LEARY & ALLEN GINGSBER, published by City Lights in November 2010. His writing appears regularly in such journals as Poetry International, Mississippi Review, Brooklyn Rail, Fiction International, Salt Hill, Hotel Amerika, Mid-American Review, The Bitter Oleander, and Beloit Fiction Journal.