Poetry. Spanning 1977 to 2006, SELECTED POEMS is a major retrospective that will stand as an indispensable record of turn-of-the-millennium poetry. The progression of Dara Wier's poetry over the last thirty years mirrors—and simultaneously transcends—the evolution of American poetry, from the lyric poems of the Deep South to the complex intensity of poems in more recent volumes such as REMNANTS OF HANNAH and REVERSE RAPTURE. SELECTED POEMS confirms Dara Wier as one of contemporary poetry's most important and insistent voices.

"Wier's poems explode with variety, particularity, whirlwinds of detail and mystery...memoirs, dialogues, choral performances witnessing scenes both weird and familiar."—Rain Taxi

Author City: AMHERST, MA USA

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.

Reviews and Other Links
Michael D. Snediker in Jacket
Michael Lee in ForeWord Reviews
Further: Dara Wier (interviews, etc.)
Books Noted at Poets.org
Virginia Konchan in Boston Review
author page at Poetry Foundation