Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Author of The hour between dog and wolf : poems
Works by Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Associated Works
When She Named Fire: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry by American Women (2008) — Contributor — 15 copies
The Plural of Happiness: Selected Poems of Herman De Coninck (2006) — Translator, some editions — 7 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bosselaar, Laure-Anne
- Birthdate
- 1943-11-17
- Gender
- female
- Education
- INSAS, Brussels, Belgium
Warren Wilson MFA for Writers, Asheville, NC - Occupations
- poet
professor
editor - Organizations
- Sarah Lawrence College
University of Southern Maine - Awards and honors
- Pushcart Prize (2007)
Isabella Gardner Prize (2001) - Relationships
- Brown, Kurt (echtg.)
- Short biography
- see laureannebosselaar.com
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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Reviews
(wnc) Reading slowly, savoring. Bosselaar's taste seems to match mine awfully well, at least so far, at about 1/2. For example, why have I never heard of [a:Dana Gioia|44384|Dana Gioia|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1346522738p2/44384.jpg] who created the marvelous phrase "promiscuous wind" before?
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I do want to point out, though, that not all of them have 'wildlife' in them. Very few encounters with raccoons & peregrines, actually. More like how a list of items seen includes a show more pigeon, or a carp, or a manzanita. Plenty of trees.
I also still wonder, about 2/3 through, about the organization. Supposedly it's by theme/subject, but I opine that system only works idiosyncratically for the editor. I think chronology or geography would have worked better, at least for me.
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Ok done. Yup, definitely want to reread - probably buy, so I can read at leisure. I love libraries, but due dates, not so much.
From "The Dogs of New York" by Lee Meitzen Grue:
As I lean, gazing out the window
of the diner on Amsterdam Avenue, taut
leashes pull peopled umbrellas
down the rainy street.
From "To the Sun" by Tom Sleigh:
oh blinding father, enemy of blight
who drives to the shade, give us this hour
to hang by the river and pass around the wine
until our minds buzz like hives of honeyed light.
From "Christmas Shopping" by Carter Revard:
what happens when
even credit cards have failed you and
that whole huge building full of wantables
which everybody's furiously buying for their loved
ones doesn't have what you want, and so we
came back out ... show less
............
I do want to point out, though, that not all of them have 'wildlife' in them. Very few encounters with raccoons & peregrines, actually. More like how a list of items seen includes a show more pigeon, or a carp, or a manzanita. Plenty of trees.
I also still wonder, about 2/3 through, about the organization. Supposedly it's by theme/subject, but I opine that system only works idiosyncratically for the editor. I think chronology or geography would have worked better, at least for me.
............
Ok done. Yup, definitely want to reread - probably buy, so I can read at leisure. I love libraries, but due dates, not so much.
From "The Dogs of New York" by Lee Meitzen Grue:
As I lean, gazing out the window
of the diner on Amsterdam Avenue, taut
leashes pull peopled umbrellas
down the rainy street.
From "To the Sun" by Tom Sleigh:
oh blinding father, enemy of blight
who drives to the shade, give us this hour
to hang by the river and pass around the wine
until our minds buzz like hives of honeyed light.
From "Christmas Shopping" by Carter Revard:
what happens when
even credit cards have failed you and
that whole huge building full of wantables
which everybody's furiously buying for their loved
ones doesn't have what you want, and so we
came back out ... show less
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