Bøger af Nola Perez

Nola Perez's new collection contains selected poems from each of her twelve books. Notably, it contains poetry from two signature volumes, now out of print and not obtainable from any other source. Those two books would be her first book, Fernandina and Other Poems, written during the years she lived in Atlanta, and The Continent of Dreams, (a finalist in The National Poetry Series) a collection written in Paris, where she lived for four years. Her poetry in "New and Selected" represents a life story. Ms. Perez has been called a poet of place. She writes always from the experience of being born and raised on Florida's northernmost barrier Island, and brings this privilege and wealth of place to subsequent lives in Venezuela, Paris Brussels, and the wilds of North Miami Beach. A Southerner carries the Southern homeplace always within. Being Southern is a benign infection for which there is no antidote, nor is one wanted. In this compilation of poems written over a lifetime, the reader is privileged to share the arc of a poet who has come into her mature vision. Few poets have captured so relentlessly themes both large and small, and have done so with such passion. It is said a poet's themes are love and loss. Ms. Perez has fallen in love fearlessly with people, places and things, and the written word is a way of keeping them. There is no loss in the heart's assignation. This new collection is for all who consider poetry to be essential, and is a book to be returned to again and again.

This book was written for an audience that does not ordinarily choose poetry books. It contains humorous verse, as well as the occasional thought provoking poetic-take on common heartfelt issues. It was meant to be entertaining but also informative while providing the laughs which are necessary for survival. It is enhanced with select pictures on most pages, therefore is a full color book.

Prizewinning poet and writer, Nola Perez, offers a new collection of provocative poems in "The Tidal Heart and Other Poems" - her 12th book of poetry. These poems are rich with swift, surprising associations and sure final lines. The poet's past, intuited through a range of precise images, always turns into meaningful present awareness, and often into redemption that will inspire her readers. If you are looking to poetry for a fresh expression of loss, grief, and renewal, you will love this book.

Nola's prizewinning poems have been widely published in literary journals and magazines; she was a finalist in the National Poetry Series and won first prize in competitions in Florida, Vermont and Canada.

This highly personal collection of poems from Fernandina Beach native Nola Perez captures a lifetime of living and insight.

Take a sojourn in The Prince of the Pup Tent to the salt and savor of the coastal Deep South, as epitomized by Amelia Island, Florida's northernmost barrier island. It has been said that Southerners carry the South inside them, and Nola Perez delivers that infection to her readers in such poems as "Cemetery Search," "Georgia Girl," and "Typewriters." Perez is a poet of place and passion, moving into the past and out again, negotiating time in either direction, reconciling past and present, making peace with a host of persistent memories. To read her "Pup Tent" poems, is to be struck with desire for a region she so accurately and sensuously describes, be it Paris, or Miami Beach of earlier collections, or in her new book, images observed from the the porch of the lakeside house in which she now resides. Her observant poet's eye is everywhere, and and these images are kindling for her passionate fires. The Pulitzer Price nominee poet, Andrew Glaze, has written, "She is a poet who takes fierce leaps, and reaches for the landscape." Prepare to be surprised, and keep turning the pages.