Richard Hugo and Raymond Carver would have recognized a kindred spirit in Brush, whose poetry is comprised of the cracked music of everyday life and a longing for transcendence thereof. -- Mike Dillon City Living I'm drawn to these poems with their tough diction, packed with the imagery of a life fully lived. Tom Brush is descended from Richard Hugo and Philip Levine, poets who celebrate the light of the sublime glinting through the sweat and mud of the ordinary. As much laughter as tears in this fine collection. -- Joseph Millar
Thomas Brush’s poems have appeared in Poetry, Poetry Northwest, Prairie Schooner, the Iowa Review, Crazyhorse, North American Review, Shenandoah, and many other journals and anthologies. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Washington Artist Trust, and the Washington State Arts Commission. His most recent published collection, Last Night, was winner of the Blue Lynx Prize. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
"I'm drawn to these poems with their tough diction, packed with the
imagery of a life fully lived. Tom Brush is descended from Richard
Hugo and Philip Levine, poets who celebrate the light of the
sublime glinting through the sweat and mud of the ordinary. As much
laughter as tears in this fine collection."--Joseph Millar
"Richard Hugo and Raymond Carver would have recognized a kindred
spirit in Brush, whose poetry is comprised of the cracked music of
everyday life and a longing for transcendence thereof."--Mike
Dillon, City Living
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