Synopses & Reviews
Increasingly, Todd Boss has been attracting attention, with poems in the Paris Reviewand The New Yorkerand a series in Poetry. His first collection, set in the Midwest, alternately features a childhood Wisconsin farm, the record-breaking storm that destroyed it, and the turbulent marriage that recalls it. Love and wonder mingle in these lines.
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"Boss's writing aches with subtle music, insight, and clear-sighted compassion. . . . If you only buy one book of poetry this year, make it ." Christian Science Monitor
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"Like Frost, Todd Boss uses the hardships and beauty of farm life to examine the rough fabric of human connection." Dorianne Laux. author of Facts About the Moon
Synopsis
Increasingly, Todd Boss has been attracting attention, with poems in the and and a series in . His first collection, set in the Midwest, alternately features a childhood Wisconsin farm, the record-breaking storm that destroyed it, and the turbulent marriage that recalls it. Love and wonder mingle in these lines.
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"Todd Boss is going to be a poetry all-star....He can make any rhyme feel like a concealed weapon."'"Sherman Alexie
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"Sure to be a classic, and the beginning of a long and glorious career."--Sherman Alexie
About the Author
Todd Boss, director of external affairs at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. His book Yellowrocket won the 2009 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Poetry.