MFA books
Geoffrey Brock (MFA, 1998) Ivan R. Dee Publisher, 2005 ISBN: 1566636671 From the glinting scales in a painting by Vermeer to the white lines that disappear beneath a headlight’s beam, Geoffrey Brock’s poems measure out the often elusive weights and distances of the known world, confronting the unruly powers that threaten his burnished surfaces. His […]
Geoffrey Brock (MFA, 1998) Waywiser, 2014 Voices Bright Flags is a series of experiments in what is sometimes called public poetry, where the author’s relationship with his country provides the main theme. The poems approach America from a range of perspectives—political, historical, and personal—and in a range of styles and voices, with each voice planting its […]
William Bowers (MFA, 1999) Harcourt, 2007 ISBN: 9780151010547 At the beginning of each new lesson, Will Bowers faces the blank stares of students in his community college English class. These are students who live amid the suburban sprawl of strip malls and strip clubs, who struggle with night jobs and their own personal catastrophes. Impressing […]
Joe Bolton (MA, 1988) Arkansas, 1999 ISBN: 1557285586 Joe Bolton studied universal connections – the tension between the transitory beauty of the physical world and a yearning for the eternal. He turned his eye to the world, to the cultures and the people around him, and saw reflections of himself. In this collection, he works […]
Rachel Alexandria (MFA, 2002) The Difference Press, 2014 Every woman wants to be well-liked, but in trying to please everyone and prevent hurt feelings, we often end up creating the very drama we were seeking to avoid. In this book you will learn: How escaping awareness about our needs that are in conflict with other […]
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Deborah Ager (MFA, 1997) Bloomsbury Academic, 2013 ISBN: 9781441188793 With works by over 100 poets, The Bloomsbury Anthology of Contemporary Jewish American Poetry celebrates contemporary writers, born after World War II, who write about Jewish themes. This anthology brings together poets whose writings offer fascinating insight into Jewish cultural and religious topics and Jewish identity. Featuring established […]
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Deborah Ager (MFA, 1997) 32 Poems is a poetry magazine, easy to carry and inviting to read. Each issue of this 8” x 5.5” semiannual journal contains 32 poems so you can give intimate, unhurried attention to each. The editors of 32 Poems feel that a poem’s publication should not begin its disappearance; it is their mission to […]
Martin Wilson (MFA, 1998) Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2010 ISBN: 9780385735087 James and Alex have barely anything in common anymore—least of all their experiences in high school, where James is a popular senior and Alex is suddenly an outcast. But at home, there is Henry, the precocious 10-year-old across the street, who eagerly befriends […]
Kevin Wilson (MFA, 2004) Harper Perennial, 2009 ISBN: 9780061579028 Kevin Wilson’s characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic. “Grand Stand-In” is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family Supplemental Provider – a company that supplies “stand-ins” for families with deceased, ill, or just […]
Richard K. Weems (MFA, 1993) Spire, 2006 ISBN: 0974070149 “Richard Weems’ surging dialogue and rhapsodic narrative guide us through the humorous, albeit damning, interactions of people who are just like us. Confused, inspired, and sad, his characters are working to change their lives but are frustrated by both the every-day and the highly unusual. Detailed […]