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Paperback Original Bloodroot Indiana PoemsNorbert Krapf Photographs by David Pierini |
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Finalist, 2009 Best Books of
Indiana Award, Poetry Poems and photographs capture the southern Indiana hill country "The test of 'poetry of place' is whether it feels perfectly familiar to a reader who lives there. I'm a southern Indiana native who feels right at home in Norbert Krapf's poems." —James Alexander Thom
"Norbert Krapf is one of our distinguished and moving American poets. The new poems seem among his best." —Robert Phillips
"[Krapf's poems] are sensually rich and wildly accessible. . . . This is a collection to be savored." —Michael Zimmerman, Indianapolis Star , February 1, 2009
"A new poetic voice has risen out of the hills and woods of southern Indiana, Hoosier poet laureate Norbert Krapf. . . . What one has been endowed with is a major part of what one has to endow the future. Out of this endowment Krapf has given us a great legacy." —John D. Groppe, Valparaiso Poetry Review
"Krapf's poems are a conglomeration of wildlife, people, plants, nature, and land, with vivid imagery allowing the reader to practically smell the flowers, walk with bare feet through the grass, and feel the wind on their cheek." —Northern Indiana Lakes Magazine , March/April 2009 Bloodroot showcases poetry from the collected works of Jasper, Indiana, native Norbert Krapf. Spanning 35 years, these poems focus on Krapf's experiences living in southern Indiana and the intersection of his life with his German ancestry. Forty of the poems are published here for the first time.
Photographs by David Pierini, inspired by Krapf's work with many taken in and around Dubois County, grace this evocative portrait of a poet and place.
Read excerpts from the book on the author's website.
Watch a profile of the author on WTIU's The Weekly Special.
Watch a video of the author reading at the Library of Congress.
Indiana Poet Laureate Norbert Krapf was Professor of English at Long Island University from 1970 to 2004. His books include The Country I Come From: Poems and Invisible Presence: A Walk through Indiana in Photographs and Poems, a collaboration with photographer Darryl Jones (IUP 2006). He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.
David Pierini is a staff photographer for The Herald newspaper in Jasper, Indiana. He was named Newspaper Photographer of the Year in 2003 and 2006 by the Indiana News Photographers Association. He lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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Distribution: World Publication date: 9/10/2008 Format: paper 304 pages, 61 b&w photos, 6.125 x 9.25 ISBN-13: 978-0-253-35224-8
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