There You Are: Interviews, Journals, and Ephemera

By Joanne KygerEdited by Cedar Sigo Description Reviews The inaugural book of Wave’s new interview series, There You Are combines 40 years of interviews, letters, poems, and journals to present a narrative of the remarkable poet Joanne Kyger, who intersected with the most influential movements of late twentieth-century poetry yet remained rooted in her daily practice with a forthright attention to our present moment. Finalist for the 2018 Firecracker Award in NonfictionFinalist for the 2018 Northern Californian Book Award in Poetry This collection offers a revealing addition towards comprehending the wide range of influences and enchantments informing Kyger's practice as a poet... The several interviews collected in this volume capture Kyger at different moments along the path of her lifetime, providing, overall, an account of an existence lived intentionally, simply, thoughtfully and non-materialistically; an existence especially attuned to local ecology, and attention to, an