9781619321618_

• Last book of poetry, Animal Eye,” named one of the top 5 poetry books of 2012 by Publishers Weekly
• Interested in multi-media essays and poems with strongly historical influences
• Book is illustrated with incredible Andrea Modica photographs of skulls unearthed at the Colorado Mental Health Institute
• Seattle area local and current resident of Salt Lake City
• Mental illness and constructions of American femininity are heavily present in this work
• Rekdal is on the faculty of Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and cultivation of Asian American literature

(*_*)9781619321618_

Last book of poetry, Animal Eye, named one of the top 5 poetry books of 2012 by Publishers Weekly
Interested in multi-media essays and poems with strongly historical influences
Book is illustrated with incredible Andrea Modica photographs of skulls unearthed at the Colorado Mental Health Institute
Seattle area local and current resident of Salt Lake City
Mental illness and constructions of American femininity are heavily present in this work
Rekdal is on the faculty of Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and cultivation of Asian American literature

...(*_*)9781619321618_

"Compelling, appealing, cinematic . . . Rekdal refreshes the meaning and the image of being displaced in this world." -The Boston Globe

"Rekdals work deeply satisfies, for it witnesses and wonders over the necessary struggles of human awareness and being." -Rain Taxi

"In acknowledging the disappointing facts of our existence and singing her way into its amazement, she has created poetry that lives alongside the misery we sometimes witness-and sometimes cause." -Slate

Paisley Rekdal questions how identity and being inhabit metaphorical and personified "vessels," from blown glass and soap bubbles to skulls unearthed at the Colorado State Mental Institution. Whether writing short lyrics or a sonnet sequence celebrating Mae West, Rekdals intellectually inquisitive and carefully researched poems delight in sound, meter, and head-on engagement. Illustrated with twelve Andrea Modica photographs.

From "Youre":

Vague as fog and turnip-hipped, a creel of eels
that slithers in stains. Dirty slate, youre
Diamond Lil. Shes you, you say. Youre her. Shes I. O
Mae, fifth grade, we dressed in feathers and our mothers slit
pink slips, dipped into your schema and your accent,
aspiring (like you) to be able to order coffee and have it
sound like filth . . .

Paisley Rekdal is the author of four books of poetry, a book of personal essays, and a mixed media book of photography, poetry, fiction and non-fiction. She lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah.

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Imaginary Vessels

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