Ideal Cities

These poems are so generous, so bright and sharp, so funny and winning, they feel immense. Paul GuestErika 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 Exploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, the richly felt and adroit poetry of Erika Meitners Ideal Cities moves, mesmerizes, and delights. The work of an important emerging voice in contemporary American poetrya winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by Paul GuestIdeal Cities gloriously perpetuates NPSs long-standing tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser-known poets.