cover art by Steven Louis Buchinger
The Book of Shores
Poetry by Mary Buchinger
$18.00
Praise for The Book of Shores
Mary Buchinger’s collection of poems, The Book of Shores, begins with a thirteen-page poem that defines the metaphysical journey the poet wants to take us on, alongside her, as witness. These are not easy poems. Not simply Homer’s outward journey towards nostos, the poet here journeys deep into the heart of the country, and into the uncertain heart of things. In this beautifully cluttered cataloging of resonant images from our post-modern lives, the poet fashions herself a Whitman for our age, for the poems’ wide-ranging democracy of spirt, and for her unequivocal faith in the rawness of our American diction. I relish these poems. They deserve at least our attention.
—Bruce Weigl, author of Among Elms, In Ambush
Excerpts
About the Author
Mary Buchinger is the author of seven collections of poetry, including
Navigating the Reach (Salmon Poetry, 2023), Virology (Lily Poetry
Review Books, 2022), /klaʊdz/ (Lily Poetry Review Books, 2021),
einfühlung/in feeling (Main Street Rag, 2018), Aerialist (Gold Wake,
2015; May Swenson Poetry Award finalist, The Journal/Wheeler Prize
semifinalist, Perugia Press Prize semifinalist). She has received poetry
awards from the New England Poetry Club and the Virginia Poetry
Society, a Norton Island Residency, and over a dozen Pushcart Prize
and Best of the Net nominations. Her poetry appears in AGNI,
Gargoyle, Hollins Critic, Laurel Review, Lincoln Review, Nimrod, On
the Seawall, Plume, Salt Hill, Seneca Review, South Dakota Review,
Sugar House Review, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, and elsewhere. She
teaches at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health
Sciences in Boston and serves on the board of the New England
Poetry Club.
http://www.MaryBuchinger.com
Author photo by Stephen Bodwell