Stunt Heart
Published on 20. August 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
90 pages
978-1-935218-46-3 (ISBN)
Description
Winner of the 2016 Backwaters Prize, Henri Cole, judge. In Stunt Heart, Mary Jo Thompson's debut collection, a female gaze locates the ironies inside the subjects of marriage and death, loneliness and love, speaking and silence. The title plays on both sick hearts and circus tricks; these poems are direct, personal, and disarmingly emotive.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight
145 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-935218-46-3 (9781935218463)
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Mary Jo Thompson’s work has been anthologized in Best American Poetry 2011 and Another and Another: An Anthology from the Grind Daily Writing Series. Her poetry has appeared in numerous literary journals including, Field, Beloit Poetry Journal, RHINO, Indiana Review, Carolina Quarterly, Great River Review, Sows Ear Poetry Review, and Minnesota Monthly, among others. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Stunt Heart is the winner of the 2016 Backwaters Prize.