Dorianne Laux’s poetry collections include the Pulitzer Prize finalist Only as the Day Is Long and Life On Earth. She received the Paterson Poetry Prize and is a founding faculty member of Pacific University’s low-residency MFA program. She lives in Richmond, California.
[I've] been savoring Dorianne Laux's Only as the Day Is Long: New
and Selected Poems.... [I]was blown away by the newer poems about
her mother in particular. You may want this book on your bedside
table this summer, too. I know it will stay on mine--with a pen
close by.--Maggie Smith "Kenyon Review"
Dorianne Laux's Only as the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems
gifts the reader with a foundation that bears the true weight of
life and death. Each trope rises out of lived feeling?everyday
rituals bend toward the sacred as beauty peers through a pure,
honest language. Here, at the heart of mastery, is an American
voice paying dues through tribute. These poems dare to sing and
cross borders, in step with the natural and universal.--Yusef
Komunyakaa, author of The Emperor of Water Clocks
One of our most daring contemporary poets.... Only as the Day Is
Long gives us Laux's lyric powers evolving over the course of her
career.--Diana Whitney "San Francisco Chronicle"
The ability to write accessible poetry is proof that Laux is an
expert. She captures human sentiment and weaves emotions into
multisensory landscapes with accurate details. Rich with detailed,
layered poems, Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems is a
collection of Laux's finest.... A necessary addition to a home
library.--Andrew Jarvis "New York Journal of Books"
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