Ideal Cities: Poems (National Poetry Series)
“Erika Meitner is the new voice of intelligent and emotional poems. Good for poetry. Good for poetry lovers. Good for the rest of us, too.” (Nikki Giovanni)The poems in Erika Meitner’sIdeal Citiesare road maps, blueprints, dollhouses, dioramas.....Meitner’s poetry isn’t afraid of history and personal histories. Her voice is smart, sassy, and savvy. Her ideal poems are built with mortar and quirkily astounding metaphors (Denise Duhamel)