The Birds: A distinction not dissimilar from geometries of flight in darkness

Shira Dentz

Shira Dentz is the author of five books and two chapbooks, most recently door of thin skins (CavanKerry), how do i net thee (Salmon Poetry, 2018) and the sun a blazing zero (Lavender Ink/Diálogos, forthcoming 2019). Her writing appears widely in venues including Poetry, American Poetry Review, Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day series, and NPR. Her poems have received awards including an Academy of American Poets’ Prize, Poetry Society of America’s Lyric Poem Award, and Poetry Society of America's Cecil Hemley Memorial Award. Before pursuing graduate studies, she worked as a graphic artist in the music industry in NYC. A graduate of Iowa Writer's Workshop, she holds a PhD from the University of Utah, and currently is Special Features Editor at Tarpaulin Sky and lives and teaches in upstate NY. (Author photo credit: Eleanor Goldsmith)