Our runner-up in the last Del Sol Press poetry contest, Wendy Barker, will have her collection, NOTHING BETWEEN US, published by the press in 2009. NOTHING BETWEEN US is a unique collection of work, like a novel told in prose poetry form.
Wendy Barker's work has appeared Georgia Review, Gettysburg Review, Poetry. Boulevard, and in many other national publications. She is the recipient of both NEA and Rockefeller grants, and is currently Poet-in-Residence and a professor of English at the University of Texas.
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As someone who has read in manuscript form this extraordinary lyric chronicle of a woman's engagement with the counterculture, racial issues, and poetry, I can tell readers in advance that the book will fascinate them in many ways. For one thing, Wendy Barker helps us re-appreciate the special capacities of the prose poem. Beyond that, her work simultaneously makes us newly aware of the discomforting realities of racial and erotic tension. Ultimately, the collection’s blend of remarkable psychological insight, deft conversational music, and a compelling narrative provides pure readerly pleasure. Web Del Sol deserves credit for publishing such a courageous book.
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