Poetry by Eleni Sikelianos
October 1, 2008 7 x 10 150 pages 978-1-56689-219-3
An exquisite exploration of motherhood and the elastic nature of time.
Lauded by Michael Ondaatje as an unforgettable writer and praised by the Washington Post for her ability to capture the subtlest shades of the emotional palette, Eleni Sikelianos now charts the curvature of growth and time, encompassing the bewilderment and delight of a new parent, while mapping the shape of our troubled world. Observing that what is alive in the body clock is also ticking, her poems and sketches illustrate the infinite possibilities unfurling as minutes give shape to hours, the body gives shape to a child, and events give shape to history.
About the Author
is the author of six books of poetry, most recently The Loving Detail of the Living and the Dead and The California Poem, which was a Barnes & Noble Best of the Year, as well as hybrid memoirs, The Book of Jon and You Animal Machine (The Golden Greek). Sikelianos teaches in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Denver. A California native, longtime New Yorker, and world traveler, she now lives in Boulder with her husband, the novelist Laird Hunt, and their daughter, Eva Grace.