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Author: Alan Michael Parker

ALAN MICHAEL PARKER is the author or editor of eighteen books, including THE AGE OF DISCOVERY (Tupelo Press, 2020), DAYS LIKE PROSE (WordFarm, 2019), THE LADDER: POEMS (Tupelo Press, 2016), LONG DIVISION (Tupelo Press, 2012), WHALE MAN (WordFarm, 2011), and THE IMAGINARY POETS (Tupelo Press, 2006). He teaches at Davidson College and in the University of Tampa's low-residency MFA program.

The Age of Discovery
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The Age of Discovery

Tupelo Press

Poetry. Alan Michael Parker's latest collection, THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, is a work of enduring beauty, filled with his signature tenderness and surprise. Parker's interests range from the Psalms to the Internet, from a woman stepping out her window to...

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Days Like Prose
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Days Like Prose

WordFarm

Poetry. DAYS LIKE PROSE, Alan Michael Parker's debut poetry collection, was originally published by Alef Books in 1997. It was named a "Notable Book of the Year" by the National Book Critcs Circle. Publishers Weekly wrote, "The deft, formal quality ...

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The Imaginary Poets
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The Imaginary Poets

Tupelo Press

Poetry. Twenty-two poets, including Andrew Hudgins, Maxine Kumin, David St. John, and Mark Strand, offer translations of a poem by a poet they find significant, along with a short biography of the poet and an essay. But there's a surprise—the poet a...

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The Ladder: Poems
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The Ladder: Poems

Tupelo Press

Poetry. Whether about the moon or hotel sex, politics or poppy seeds, Alan Michael Parker's poems are always tender and eccentric and nuanced. In his eighth collection, with metaphysical fortitude the poet continues to deliberate—in all sorts of poe...

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Long Division
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Long Division

Tupelo Press

Poetry. In his seventh poetry collection, Alan Michael Parker aims to surprise. Recombining lists, fables, and mathematical equations, LONG DIVISION is formally playful, wielding irony as a lever of political resistance. Here is a writer fascinated ...

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Whale Man
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Whale Man

WordFarm

Fiction. Avi Heyer's rollicking adventure begins when he returns to Elsbeth, North Carolina, to settle his mother's affairs. A student chef with the wrong girlfriend and a mud-loving dog, Avi soon finds himself dragged into a criminal conspiracy. Hi...

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