The Book of Jane (Iowa Poetry Prize) - Softcover

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jennifer Habel is the author of Good Reason. She lives in Cincin­nati, Ohio.

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From “A Guide to Jane’s Office”:

That space heater is probably dangerous.

That’s from the gift shop at the Matisse Chapel.

This coaster hides a water ring.

Here is the bulletin board, empty as a well.

That’s trash.

That’s recycling.

This stuff needs to be shredded.

That under there is lost.

This is not quite what she expected, though it’s possible she
    never expected.

That sheet of paper says wine
                                              compost
                                             Dr. Wu?
 
Here is the thing about female sculptors in the Weimar Republic:
    their work was celebrated only if it was small.

There is the squirrel staring in from the box gutter.

There is a long thin crack in the wall.

That’s nothing.

That’s private.

That’s due.