Wild Flight: Poems (Walt Mcdonald First-Book Series in Poetry) (Walt McDonald First-Book Poetry) - Softcover

Rhein, Christine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896726673 ISBN 13: 9780896726673

Publisher: Texas Tech Press,U.S., 2009

Synopsis

This book is Walt McDonald First-Book winner. Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life's juxtapositions.

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About the Author

Christine Rhein, formerly a mechanical engineer in Detroit's automotive industry, lives in Brighton, Michigan. Her poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Southern Review and have been selected for Poetry Daily and Best New Poets 2007.

From the Back Cover

Winner of the Walt McDonald First-Book Competition in Poetry
Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life s juxtapositions.

"Christine Rhein makes a stunning debut in Wild Flight, distinguishing herself immediately with poems of grace and intelligence. . . . Turning her eye toward science, technology, human relationships, love and war, she never merely describes a thing, but persuades us to a point of view that is subtle and sophisticated, sympathetic, and challenging, funny and almost warm to the touch with each living moment." Molly Peacock

"Most writers take several publications and years to find their stride, yet the work of Christine Rhein in her debut anthology of poetry in Wild Flight comes from someone who is already seasoned . . . brilliant . . . on the subjects that matter most. Midwest Book Review

"Wild Flight introduces us to an important new voice... This is a poetry of the highest imagination, and the most energetic intelligence, written by a poet with a keen eye and a large spirit. Her hard look at this life is made beautiful by her art." Laura Kasischke

"One of the mysteries of human life is that it is never and individual journey, a truth that Christine Rhein discovers over and over in this remarkable first book. In Wild Flight, she walks us artfully through the histories she comes from and those she is witness to in our time... The personal is political in these large-minded poems, and the political personal." Roger Mitchell

"Christine Rhein makes a stunning debut in Wild Flight, distinguishing herself immediately with poems of grace and intelligence... Turning her eye toward science, technology, human relationships, love and war, she never merely describes a thing, but persuades us to a point of view that is subtle and sophisticated, sympathetic but challenging, funny and almost warm to the touch with each living moment." Molly Peacock

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas Tech Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896726673
• ISBN 13: 9780896726673
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120