Results for "Foster, Linda Nemec"

Linda Nemec Foster's collection of prose poems is a reflection of the world before COVID. All of the pieces are inspired by other parts of the world-Istanbul, Rome, Krakow, Prague, Vienna, Seville-not the familiar landscape of the United States. But, the narrator is definitely not a native of these ... Read More about Bone Country: Prose Poems

"A humanist at heart, Linda Nemec Foster has demanded from her poetry an artfulness that engages ordinary life. With each new book her work has continued to mature, deepen, console, surprise, and Talking Diamonds is as wise as it is lovely." -Stuart Dybek, author of Ecstatic Cahoots and Paper Lante... Read More about Talking Diamonds

A modern-day fairy tale told in conversation between a young girl and the mermaid of Lake Michigan. The Lake Michigan Mermaid is a new tale that feels familiar. The breeze off the lake, the sand underfoot, the supreme sadness of being young and not in control--these sensations come rushing back pa... Read More about The Lake Michigan Mermaid: A Tale in Poems (Made in Michigan Writers)

"With clarity and intensity, Linda Nemec Foster dives deep into the shadows, and deep into the light-global landscape, personal touch; faith and art; the sensual and the cruel; forward and backward through generations of family, acknowledging loss wherever it occurs-all with her trademark tenderness... Read More about The Blue Divide

The poems in this powerful new collection explore the history of conflict and resilience—whether it occurs during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the Balkan wars in Bosnia and Croatia, or within the intimate tableaux of a family’s dissonance. Weaving poems into three distinct sections,... Read More about The Blue Divide: Poems