In Love Song with Motor Vehicles, Alan Michael Parker marshals a penetrating wit and sharp irony that mirrors that of Charles Simic and John Berryman. Parker’s robust imagination explores the music in places poetry doesn’t usually travel. His poems find their epiphanies early on, and, most strikingly, do not close at their endings but, rather, open.
Alan Michael Parkeris the author of two books of poetry, and co-editor of two scholarly works,The Routledge Anthology of Cross-Gendered VerseandWho’s Who in 20th Century World Poetry(Routledge Books). In 2000, his poems were included in all three major volumes of younger American poets (Carnegie Mellon University Press, University of Southern Illinois Press, and University of New England Press).
Alan Michael Parker (www.amparker.com) is the author of five collections of poems including The Vandals (BOA, 1999), and Love Song with Motor Vehicles (BOA, 2003). He is editor of The Imaginary Poets, co-editor of The Routledge Anthology of Cross-Gendered Verse, and Editor for North America of Who's Who in 20th Century World Poetry.
Parker's previous book with BOA, The Vandals, received excellent reviews. His talent has landed him in all the major younger poet anthologies. His poems have appeared in many magazines and journals, including The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Paris Review, American Poetry Review, and TriQuarterly. His awards include three fellowships in poetry from state arts councils and a Pushcart Prize. In 2000 his poems were included in all three major volumes of younger American poets (published by Carnegie Mellon University Press, the University of Southern Illinois Press, and the University of New England Press). Parker is a tireless promoter, and attends numerous conferences and workshops .
This newest collection showcases Parker's ability to wed fiction elements to his own distinct poetics.
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