Martin Achatz

Broschiertes Buch

A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders

Poems

Beschreibung

A Bigfoot Bestiary and Other Wonders is a compendium of natural and unnatural astonishment, anatomizing all those big, hairy monsters that haunt the human condition. Follow their footprints through these pages, and Martin Achatz may just make you a believer in the greatest mystery of all: Love with a capital "L". "Martin Achatz knows what it is to be big and hairy and to express the animal inside us. To paraphrase the Zen koan, live as if you were already Bigfoot. If Iowa Poet Laureate Marvin Bell has his Dead Man poems, Michigan's Achatz has rendered poetical the great ape of the Northwoods, and he eloquently and determinedly immerses us in the dream, meanwhile paying homage to Robert Frost, Pablo Neruda, Wallace Stevens, Flannery O'Connor, and all the other wonderful monsters." --Bonnie Jo Campbell, author of The Waters and American Salvage "Martin Achatz reimagines the legendary Bigfoot in his newest book, a funny and moving collection of poems that is playfully serious. Achatz melds cryptozoologic wonder with the heartrending stuff of the everyday world ... a fierce Sasquatch howl that illuminates and reveals the fragile state of our collective humanity." --W. Todd Kaneko, author of This Is How the Bone Sings "Newsflash! Bigfoot has been found! He resides in the mind of Martin Achatz who rides with 'love as big as Kong' this doppelgänger of a beast straight into the mystery that is his own life. And with abundant humor as well-Bigfoot has late fees at the Carnegie Library, goes trick-or-treating, auditions for Picasso to replace the Minotaur." --Dennis Hinrichsen, author of Dominion + Selected Poems Author of The Mysteries of the Rosary and a former U.P. Poet Laureate, Martin Achatz lives in Ishpeming, Michigan with his family. In his spare time, he chases comets and Bigfoot. From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com

Autor

Martin Achatz grew up about 20 miles from the shores of Lake Superior in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. He holds a BA in English, Computer Science, and Math; Master's in Fiction; and MFA in Poetry. For over 25 years, he has been a Contingent Professor for Northern Michigan University's English Department. After a long career in the healthcare industry, Achatz is currently the Adult Programming Coordinator for Peter White Public Library in Marquette, Michigan, hosting poetry readings, concerts, and cultural events, including two NEA Big Reads. In 2022, he helped establish the Great Lakes Poetry Festival.Achatz's poetry and prose have appeared in Kennesaw Review, The Paterson Literary Review, Dunes Review, The MacGuffin, biostories.com, and elsewhere. Mayapple Press published his first collection of poems, The Mysteries of the Rosary, and his work has also appeared in numerous anthologies. Achatz has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and worked as Poetry Editor for Passages North literary magazine. For two consecutive terms (2017-2020), Achatz served as U.P. Poet Laureate. For his accomplishments, the City of Marquette has awarded him Arts Advocate of the Year (2021) and Writer of the Year (2023). He is the current President of the U.P. Poet Laureate Foundation.Achatz lives in Ishpeming, Michigan, with his family, and, in his spare time, chases comets and Bigfoot.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Modern History Press
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9781615998340
• ISBN-10: 1615998349
• Artikelnr.: 71755254