![]() ![]() What he finds he finds the art to celebrate with tenderness and wisdom. Wherever Iain Pollock turns, the search is on, in history, art, family, in things on display and hidden in himself. : Spit Back a Boy: Poems (9780820339085) by Pollock, Iain Haley and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. "Beyond the bracing intelligence in these poems, beyond the surges of joy and trouble, beyond the poet’s awe in this split second, he plunges with imagination into the timeless work of loving witness, resonant with high style and the blues. If the spirit is generous, and the balance between living and letters match, a fine book of poems sings the author and the reader free." In Spit Back a Boy, his impressive first book, you can read the dance Iain Haley Pollock has had with time, location, family and their various repercussions. Iain Haley Pollock is the author of Ghost, Like a Place and Spit Back a Boy, winner of the 2010 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Train the eyes for nuance, you can trace the history of our skins. Iain Haley Pollock is the author of two poetry collections, Ghost, Like a Place (Alice James Books, September 2018) and Spit Back a Boy, which won the 2010 Cave Canem Poetry Prize.His poems have also appeared in American Poetry Review, The Baffler, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. "If the ear is tuned to catch it, there is music in our blood. ![]() Other poems on the web by Iain Haley Pollock: ![]() His work has appeared in publications including AGNI, American Poetry Review, Boston Review, Callaloo, Drunken Boat, and Indiana Review. Iain Haley Pollock lives in Philadelphia and teaches English at Chestnut Hill Academy. Verse Daily: About Spit Back a Boy by Iain Haley Pollock ® ![]()
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