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Cardinal Points
Winner of the 1987 Iowa Poetry Prize
"Combining incisive observation with vivid imagery, Pettit builds this volume, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize, around
the leitmotif of flight, both actual and symbolic. . . . Those poems not directly concerned with flight focus on motion--physical,
spiritual or emotional--as a metaphor for the human condition. [His work] is always well-crafted, moving and highly imaginative."
--Publishers Weekly
"A faultless collection by a younger voice in U.S. poetry." --Booklist
American Light
"Michael
Pettit's poems are brash, impudent, edged, informed by an energy only the young have, a zinging confidence in the poet's
ability to say how things are and, therefore,will be. Pettit's American Light
really does catch America as it is, on the run, cornering, in a fading light, and when that happens we can feel a new poet
among us, one who wants to turn everything mortal immortal. [He] is going to be heard from in these poems and others yet to
come. If you want to look at where American poetry is going, here's the poet to start with." --Dave Smith
The Writing Path 2
"Pairing teachers' and writers-conference-attendees' work for this volume was an interesting idea, and don't let
it lead you to expect the student contributions to be any less riveting than the teachers' pieces. What these stories and
poems share--instructors'; and students' alike--is what always makes stories and poems work best: the telling detail and emotion
shown, not told." --Bookworm
Includes work by Ron Carlson, Stephen Dunn, Pam Houston, Philip Levine, Bob Shacochis, Gerald Stern, Terry Tempest Williams,
& others.
The Writing Path 1
"For
anyone curious about the stumbling, the groping, and the glimmers of brilliance of our most established and newest talents,
The Writing Path 1 is a delightful romp." --Bloomsbury Review
A generous collection of pieces by renowned writers juxtoposed with work by their outstanding students, providing
a kind of creative tension between teacher and pupil. Includes work by Andrea Barrett, Marvin Bell, Madeleine Blais, Stephen
Dobyns, Barry Hannah, Garrett Hongo, Margot Livesey, William Matthews, & others.
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