Poetry. Poems both punishing and radiant—no one is writing like Chelsey Minnis, and no one should dare.
A fearless and uproarious litany of contentions and revelations on poetry and the poetic mind, POEMLAND alternates brilliantly between the deadpan, the spectacular and the outrageous.
Author Hometown: BOULDER, CO USA
About the author: Chelsey Minnis was born in Dallas and grew up in Denver. She attended the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the author of POEMLAND (Wave Books, 2009), ZIRCONIA (Fence Books, 2001), Foxina (Seeing Eye Books, 2002) and BAD BAD (Fence Books, 2007). She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Reviews:
Ron Silliman
John Gallaher @ Nothing to Say & Saying It
Brett Strickland @ Stranger Passing
Publishers Weekly
Elisa Gabbert @ Open Letters Monthly
Nick Montfort @ Post Position
Weston Cutter @ Corduroy Books
Joyelle McSweeney @ Jacket2
