In Utero
EXCERPTS FROM THE LONGLISTS & SHORTLISTS
FOR THE TARPAULIN SKY BOOK AWARDS
IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM
In Utero
EXCERPTS FROM THE LONGLISTS & SHORTLISTS FOR THE TARPAULIN SKY BOOK AWARDS
IMAGE: NOAH SATERSTROM
Jessica Baran, Common Sense
"Sense is rarely made when plummeting. Some directions / are never foreseeable, like the bitterness parade / in which speech undresses." Excerpts from Jessica Baran’s poetry manuscript, Common Sense, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.
Emily Martin, Routine & Leisure
"The dinosaurs were distracted. They stood in a row, watching something off screen. A comet perhaps, a single black mark against the sky." Excerpts from Emily Martin’s hybrid manuscript, Routine & Leisure, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize.
C.J. Waterman, My Teary TV Breakdown
"I watched myself laughing at puking children choking back smoke & slow roasting outside of an oven. My ‘World’s Best Dad’ t-shirt creates its own armpit stains." Excerpts from C.J. Waterman's poetry manuscript, My Teary TV Breakdown, a finalist for the 2015 TS Book Prize
Felicia Zamora, Silence for the Rest of Class
"The underside of flesh {where light must soak}: a broken thing / etches —songs score along blood vessel, your throat / cannot sing the occult notes, your lungs in constant / deflate {all these wounds puncture wounds}, fill / unable–the scribe of defining {a heart ...." Excerpts from Felicia Zamora’s poetry manuscript, Silence for the Rest of Class, a finalist for the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize.