Description
Poetry. "The language of CHILD WITH A SWAN'S WINGS by Daniel Shapiro is downright sumptuous, the poems by turns joyful ('In the Field Between Us'), pensive, erudite, musical ('Rhymes'), sensual ('with these eyes, these ears, / these noses, these tongues, these hands'), visually playful, tender, ironic, devotional ('Ode to Jan Morris'), and altogether remarkable. The title poem is quite simply a virtuoso accomplishment, Shapiro's assured craftsmanship the safety net beneath the bravura. A fully realized companion to his earlier WOMAN AT THE CUSP OF TWILIGHT, CHILD WITH A SWAN'S WINGS is a must-be-read-aloud delight."—Maxine Silverman
Author Bio
Daniel Shapiro received an M.F.A. from the University of Montana. His poems, prose, and translations have appeared in American Book Review, American Poetry Review, Black Warrior Review, BOMB, Brooklyn Rail, Confrontation, Poetry Northwest, Words Without Borders, and Yellow Silk. He is the author of CHILD WITH A SWAN'S WINGS (Dos Madres Press, 2018), THE RED HANDKERCHIEF AND OTHER POEMS (Dos Madres Press, 2013), and the translator of Cipango, by Chilean poet Tomás Harris (2010; starred review, Library Journal). Shapiro has received translation fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and PEN for Cipango and for Mexican writer Roberto Ransom's Desaparecidos, animales y artistas (Missing Persons, Animals and Artists, forthcoming, 2017). He lives in New York City, where he serves as a Distinguished Lecturer and Editor of Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas at The City College of New York, CUNY.
Author City: NEW YORK, NY USA