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Awake
Dorianne Laux |
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A Lynx House Book
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Poetry
72 Pages
ISBN-10: 1-59766-030-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-59766-030-3
Paper: $14.95 |
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From On the Back Porch
I want to smell this rich soup, the air
around me going dark, as stars press
their simple shapes into the sky.
I want to stay on the back porch
while the world tilts
toward sleep, until what I love
misses me and calls me in.
First published in 1990, Awake marked the stunning debut of poet Dorianne Laux. This much sought-after collection, introduced by Philip Levine, is now back in print. The recipient of two Best American Poetry prizes, an Editor's Choice III award, and two Pushcart Prizes, Laux is also the author or What We Carry (1994) and Smoke (2000).
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| Dorianne Laux earned her BA in English from Mills College in Oakland, California. She has waited tables and written poems in San Diego, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Petaluma, California, and in Juneau, Alaska. In 1994 she moved to Eugene, Oregon, where she teaches creative writing at the University of Oregon. She lives in Eugene with her husband, poet Joseph Millar. |
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| Praise for Dorianne Laux |
"Constantly rewarding the ear, Awake is a book written with enormous precision and beauty. It has such confidence in its authority, it overstates nothing. Sculptured, economical, tough, possessing a vision informed by experience and compassion, this is an astonishingly mature first book, the wisest I have read in years."
—Philip Levine |
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"I'm drawn to the tough, sensual voice of Dorianne Laux, for the way she loads her poems with physical details that add up to more than their sum."
—Adrienne Rich, for Ms. magazine |
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