<p>Some of the poems in Norah Pollard's first book present a compelling portrayal of her father, Seabiscuit's jockey. But more than that, they show her to have inherited his love and understanding of animals and appreciation of wilderness, which in her case takes the form of the tidal salt marshes and beaches where the Housatonic River flows into Long Island Sound. The scenes and denizens of this region come vividly to life in the poems of Leaning In.</p>

Leaning In

Norah Pollard

Antrim House

In her second volume of poems, Norah Pollard tells of her despairs, delights, and famous father, Red Pollard, Seabiscuit&#39s jockey. His love of wild things, the poems proclaim, is much like his daughter the poet&#39s. Directly and indirectly, these new poems draw on the wonderfully varied experiences Norah Pollard has had during a many-faceted life: she has been a folk singer, seam-stitcher, nanny, teacher, solderer, and print shop calligrapher. As poet, she has received unusual acclaim. She is one of the few poets to read twice in the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival and has been delighting audiences throughout New England for many years. While studying with Dick Allen at the University of Bridgeport, she received the Academy of American Poets Prize, and for several years she was editor of The Connecticut River Review. Norah Pollard lives in Stratford, Connecticut.

Report from the Banana Hospital

<p>The poems in this third book by Norah Pollard display the wild joy and savage despair that mark her earlier books. The poet revels in the physicality of the animal world she finds in man and beast; she also suffers the anguish of loss and death, especially that of her beloved brother. Like her father, Seabiscuit's jockey, Norah Pollard rides the wild currents of a world that takes her where it will, takes her dangerously and deleriously.</p>

Death & Rapture in the Animal Kingdom

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Leaning In

Report from the Banana Hospital

Death & Rapture in the Animal Kingdom