I just found out that my poetry collection, In the Palms of Angels, is one of four finalists in the 2013 International Book Awards! That makes three book awards for In the Palms of Angels! I’m very honored and grateful…
Collections of Poetry:
Thread Count (2006, cover art by Stephen White)
Telling Tales of Dusk (Press 53, 2009, cover art by Stephen White), #23 on the Poetry Foundation Contemporary Best Sellers List in 2010
In the Palms of Angels (Press 53, 2011, cover art by Stephen White), winner of a Nautilus Silver Award for Poetry, the Gold Medal for Poetry in the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, and a Finalist in the 2013 International Book Awards.
My poem, SPONGE BATH, in former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s American Life in Poetry Column for the week of January 14, 2013: http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/columns/408.html
Praise for Terri Kirby Erickson's Work:
“More than a poet, Terri Kirby Erickson is the best friend you always wanted, the kind you can count on both to tell you the truth, and to help you bear it. Her poems shimmer like moonlight on water in the farthest corners of your soul.” Sharon Randall, beloved nationally syndicated columnist and author of Birdbaths and Paper Cranes
“There is no store-bought redemption to the ends of these poems, but neither will you find hopelessness, self-pity, a turning away from the world. What you will find at the core of all these poems is the timeless North Carolinian’s beneficent but ungilded witnessing.” Ron Powers, author of Mark Twain, a Life, co-author of Flags of Our Fathers and Ted Kennedy’s autobiography, True Compass
In her poems, Terri Kirby Erickson sketches vivid and appealing word pictures that lodge in the reader’s mind.” Judy Lowe, The Christian Science Monitor
“Erickson is our North Carolina ‘Spoon River Anthology.’ She’s got the gift of capturing people on paper as skillfully as any fine portrait artist. Her quick, deft hand pins down the nuances, the quirks, the tell-tale traits that make us who we are…” Excerpt from “Poet Has Magic Touch,” by author and critic Ruth Moose
“In the Palms of Angels invites us to enter the world of everyday life made numinous by the poet’s voice.” Kathryn Stripling Byer, former North Carolina Poet Laureate
**Writer and excellent interviewer Russell Bittner just posted a very nice interview of me on “The Poet’s Corner,” if you’re interested. Here is the link: http://www.alongstoryshort.net/poetscorner-erickson.html
Contact Terri Kirby Erickson at tkerickson@triad.rr.com
