Yellowrocket: Poems

by Todd Boss

Overview

“Sure to be a classic, and the beginning of a long and glorious career.”—Sherman Alexie

Increasingly, Todd Boss has been attracting attention, with poems in the Paris Review and The New Yorker and 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393338348
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	05/10/2010
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Todd Boss is the author of three previous collections of poetry, most recently Tough Luck. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, American Poetry Review, and other publications. Still nomadic, Boss has most recently been based in Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas.

Editorial Reviews

"Boss’s writing aches with subtle music, insight, and clear-sighted compassion. . . . If you only buy one book of poetry this year, make it Yellowrocket."

Christian Science Monitor

"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