Description
Poetry. TOWLINE is the winner of the Vern Rutsala Book Prize for 2016, awarded by Cloudbank Books. "A towline is tied to both shore and sea—finding purpose in tension between the two—and TOWLINE ably navigates the tide between life and death. Throughout her second collection, Holly Karapetkova interrogates how we form traditions of myth, riddle, and family rumor. These vistas are stark, the pulse often elegiac, yet humor glimmers in a series of prose poems: 'When the shooting stopped we laughed about the bullet holes in his jacket, and I bought him a gelato to thank him for his excellent viscosity.' This is stunning, accomplished work by a poet unafraid of naming strange truths."—Sandra Beasley, author of I Was The Jukebox
Author Bio
Holly Karapetkova's poetry, prose, and translations from the Bulgarian have appeared widely in print and online. She is the author of Words We Might One Day Say, winner of the 2010 Washington Writers' Publishing House Poetry Award. She is also the author of over 20 books for children. She lives in Arlington, VA, and currently chairs the English Department at Marymount University.
Author City: ARLINGTON, VA USA