The California Poem

(Paperback)

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This collection should have broad regional appeal in California and is highly anticipated in the poetry community (its publication has been mentioned in a number of journals and magazines and the author has given some interviews about the book). Its strong environmental message will also broaden its appeal. * A definite candidate for major awards * Eleni Sikelianos was included in a Glamour Magazine article titled Women Are Making Poetry Hot Again

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"To be homesick for the whole of California requires a vast imagination. Whitman in his way was always homesick for what lay ahead and behind him. And now Eleni, female on earth, takes on the grief-engorged plateau that lies between imagination and the already-known in this truly ambitious American poem. 'It' is Nature. 'It' also is a blur of remembered facts. 'It' is the haunt of these pages. The Female principle and product of California dreams it, 'as if I were the sea.'"--Fanny Howe

Author Bio

Praised by The Washington Post for her ability to capture "the subtlest shades of the emotional palette," Eleni Sikelianos is the author of a memoir and three previous poetry collections, including The California Poem, a Barnes & Noble Best of the Year. A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world-traveler, Sikelianos lives in Boulder and teaches at Denver University.