

POETRY
96 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket
Trade Paper, $16.00 (US $16.00) (CA $17.95)
Publication Date: June 2009
ISBN 9780916727550
Rights: WOR
Wings Press (Jun 2009)
Conjuring the voice of Edward Hopper, this powerful collection of poetry investigates the mind of an iconic American painter. Lyrical and beautifully crafted, the poems convey both frightening and amusing messages as "Hopper" commentates on his own paintings—from the iconic Nighthawks to his depiction of his wife and himself taking a final bow in Two Comedians—as well as those of other artists. Shocking in their honesty, these poems also provide a window into the American Modernist period due to their biographical nature and evaluations of the visual arts.
"[These poems] seem ideal companions to the best biographies and analyses of the great artist." —Booklist
James Hoggard is an author, a translator, and a poet whose work has appeared in numerous publications, including Arts & Letters, Harvard Review, and Words Without Borders. He is the recipient of the Lon Tinkle Award and the former president of the Texas Institute of Letters. He lives in