Stealing Hymnals from the Choir - Paperback

by Diane Kistner (Editor), Timothy Martin (Author)

Winner of the 2010 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize. STEALING HYMNALS FROM THE CHOIR is a collection of poems about the outward pull of the forces of history, the inward tugging of the human heart, and the intersection of the two. Its subjects are some of the impersonal events that have swept us into the present day, and the precarious intimacies that try to steady us and give us strength to endure within that present. It is a book about mourning, meditation, and finally the inevitability of celebration.

Author Biography

Timothy Martin was born and raised in Michigan. He currently resides in Ann Arbor with his wife and two children, but he has also lived in Kansas and Chicago. He received an MFA Fellowship from the University of Michigan. His poetry has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in a number of journals, such as The Comstock Review, Slant, The Coe Review, and California Quarterly. His first book, Stealing Hymnals from the Choir, was awarded the 2010 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize.