Alicia Rebecca Myers is a poet and essayist whose work has appeared recently or is forthcoming in The Rumpus, Brain Child Magazine, The American Literary Review, Best New Poets 2015, Gulf Coast, jubilat, The Carolina Quarterly, and The Fairy Tale Review. In February 2014, she was awarded a residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in Nebraska City. A graduate of NYU’s MFA Program, she currently teaches at Wells College. You can find her online at aliciarebeccamyers.com.
Greener
Tanka & Me | Kaethe Schwehn
My Seaborgium | Alicia Rebecca Myers
Fair Day in an Ancient Town | Greg Allendorf
My Tall Handsome | Emily Corwin
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Other titles by Alicia Rebecca Myers
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
A Note about Poetry Ebooks
Hostess
Addling
The Untelling
Legs
Inside the Grotesquery
The Last Travel Agent
Canary Be Attendant
15 Weeks
24 Weeks
Chorus
33/34 Weeks
39 Weeks
Linnet
Cedar Waxwing
Harmers’ Market
In the Hall of Mammals, Your Young Fur Thickens
Duet, 2035
Lullaby
Song for Distance
About the Author
Credits
Patrons
Some of these poems have appeared previously in the following publications:
Gulf Coast: “Addling”
jubilat: “The Untelling”
The Fairy Tale Review: “Legs”
jdbrecords: “Inside the Grotesquery”
Best New Poets 2015: “The Last Travel Agent”
The Carolina Quarterly: “Canary Be Attendant” and “15 Weeks”
The American Literary Review: “24 Weeks,” “33/34 Weeks,” “39 Weeks”
Emotive Fruition and Radiolab: Elemental Poetry for the Masses: “Lullaby”
Stone Canoe: “Song for Distance”
The author would like to thank the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. Several of the poems in this book were completed while in residency.
Copyright © 2016 by Alicia Rebecca Myers. All rights reserved.
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Interior illustration by Ann O’Connell.
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