Description
Poetry. "The familiar streets and landmarks throughout Tim Nolan's THE SOUND OF IT will resonate with Minneapolis natives, and even some New Yorkers. The sounds of Nolan's poems cover a full octave—from childhood to "Almost Fifty," Diamond Lake Road to Palestine, brussels sprouts to Holy Thursday. Nolan harmonizes the ordinary morsels of life with the profound in such a way as to awaken the reader to a conscious living in the moment. He focuses on past and future as inseparably flowing elements of the present. Within this overture of poems, "the voice you hear is generous and expansive like Whitman's, at home in the 'easy suit' of the body and yet always surprised to be part of the here and now" (Joyce Sutphen). Nolan's voice embodies his longing to offer "something lasting that might be repeated and would carry a life of its own."—Minnesota Literature
Author Bio
Tim Nolan received a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, an MFA from Columbia University, and JD from William Mitchell College of Law. He is an attorney in Minneapolis. During his time at Columbia, Nolan was the managing editor of Columbia: A Magazine of Poetry & Prose, and for five years he was the primary poetry reader at The Paris Review. His work has been published in The Gettysburg Review, The Nation, The New Republic, Ploughshares, and many other publications. In 2014, his poem, "Red Wing Correctional Facility," was a finalist for the Forward Poetry Prize in London. He has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, a residency at the Anderson Center, and was recently a finalist for the Mudfish Poetry Prize judged by Edward Hirsch. This is Nolan's third book with New Rivers Press. THE SOUND OF IT, appeared in 2008 and was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award, and And Then appeared in 2012.
Author City: MINNEAPOLIS, MN USA