Inside Spiders

Winner of the 2013 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize, a collection of gemlike poems combining delicacy with unmistakable hardiness. These poems are exquisite, deceptively complex revelations of the domestic and natural worlds: chiseled, unflinching, set beside a “painted paper lake/of gilded folds laid straight,/the gowned hills/on hidden feet/late coming light.” Reminiscent of the writing of Robert Creeley, Shinn’s debut conveys a life condensed—deeply felt and keenly observed.

Castigator al premiului pentru prima carte Lexi Rudnitsky 2013, o colectie de poezii asemanatoare bijuteriilor, care combina delicatetea cu rezistenta inconfundabila. Aceste poezii sunt revelatii rafinate, inselator de complexe ale lumilor domestice si naturale: cizelate, neschimbate, asezate langa un „lac de hartie pictata / de falduri aurite asezate drept, / dealurile imbracate / pe picioarele ascunse / lumina care vine tarziu”. Amintind de scrierea lui Robert Creeley, debutul lui Shinn transmite o viata condensata - profund simtita si observata cu acuratete.