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Sandra McPherson

Author of Year of Our Birth (American Poetry Series; V. 15)

14+ Works 133 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

Sandra McPherson is a professor of English at the University of California, Davis.

Works by Sandra McPherson

Year of Our Birth (American Poetry Series; V. 15) (1978) 24 copies

Patron Happiness (American Poetry Series) (1983) 18 copies

Streamers (1988) 15 copies

Elegies for the Hot Season (American Poetry Series) (1970) 14 copies

Radiation (1973) 13 copies, 1 review

Edge Effect: Trails and Portrayals (Wesleyan Poetry) (1996) 12 copies

The Spaces Between Birds: Mother/Daughter Poems, 1967-1995 (Wesleyan Poetry) (1996) 11 copies, 1 review

A Visit to Civilization (Wesleyan Poetry) (2002) 9 copies

The god of indeterminacy : poems (1993) 8 copies

Expectation Days (Illinois Poetry Series) (2007) 4 copies

How to Be This Man (2004) 2 copies

Pheasant Flower (1985) 1 copy

Journey From Essex: Poems for John Clare (1981) 1 copy

Outline Scribe: New and Renewed Poems (2015) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry (1990) — Contributor — 778 copies, 3 reviews

No More Masks: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Women Poets (1993) — Contributor, some editions — 213 copies, 3 reviews

The Best American Poetry 1996 (1996) — Contributor — 175 copies, 1 review

From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 174 copies

The Best American Poetry 1998 (1998) — Contributor — 164 copies

The Best American Poetry 1993 (1993) — Contributor — 130 copies, 1 review

No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women (1973) — Contributor — 124 copies

The Best American Poetry 1992 (1992) — Contributor — 103 copies

South Dakota review : the symposium: ten poets: fiction and poetry, volume 5, number 3 (autumn 1967) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Gender: female
Awards and honors: American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1987)

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The Spaces Between Birds: Mother/Daughter Poems,… by Sandra McPherson

A lovely collection that highlights the distance between mother and daughter, as well as the affection there. Lots of nature imagery and fricative tension; a small book that packs an emotional wallop.

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warmaiden | Jan 1, 2008 |

Radiation by Sandra McPherson

"...That is how
I might move my hands in her like dulled blades..."

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dawnpen | Nov 2, 2005 |

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South Dakota Review

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Works: 14
Also by: 9
Members: 133
Popularity: #152,660
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 25

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