Bücher der Reihe National Poetry Series

Featuring poems inhabited by Charles Darwin and climate scientists, Beethoven and Elliott Smith, this title helps you find a way to navigate the beauty and fears native to modern life. It explores various types of damage with which humans are so closely entwined, from our encroachment on nature, to our propensity to give in to our worst impulses.

An exciting first collection of poetry from an emerging talent, Nadine Meyer's The Anatomy Theater was a winner of the 2005 National Poetry Series Open Competition, selected by esteemed poet John Koethe. For over twenty years, the National Poetry Series has discovered many new and emerging voices and has been instrumental in launching the careers of poets and writers such as Billy Collins, Mark Doty, Denis Johnson, Cole Swensen, Thylias Moss, Mark Levine, and Dionisio Martinez.