Reconnaissance - Softcover

Higgins, Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 069230004X ISBN 13: 9780692300046

Publisher: Texture Press, 2014

Synopsis

"The river flows by like a giant's dream,/and if I dipped my hand in, what would come?" writes Anne Higgins. Countless moments of wonder like this illuminate Reconnaissance, a collection that is both lovely and fierce. Elegant and precise descriptions of birdlife and gardens mingle with angry confrontations with illness and a tour de force poem about a catastrophic fire in a Catholic elementary school. A poet in full command of her lyric powers, Higgins also offers us jets of language play and splashes of Magritte-inspired surrealism. An eclectic collection of many pleasures and surprises.—Lynn Levin, author of Miss Plastique

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About the Author

Anne Higgins teaches at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg Maryland. She is a member of the Daughters of Charity. Her poems have appeared in Commonweal, Yankee, Spirituality and Health, The Centrifugal Eye, and a variety of small magazines. Garrison Keillor has read two of her poems on “The Writers Almanac” – on 10/8/01 and 8/8/10. She is the author of six previous collections of poetry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Texture Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 069230004X
• ISBN 13: 9780692300046
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104