The Rose of January
"Nutter is a true believer in the power of art, which is the power that produces these beautiful and vital poems."—Mark Levine
In his fourth collection, Geoffrey Nutter beckons us into his lush imagination—where bygone monoliths cast shadows over new landscapes—a world of dreams, rife with unexpected encounters.
We are everywhere, instantly; the electric stations crackle on full power, running
on the ghost impulses of the waterfalls.
Geoffrey Nutter is the author of Christopher Sunset, Water's Leaves and Other Poems, and A Summer Evening. He currently teaches at New York University.
Geoffrey Nutter was born in Sacramento, and attended San Francisco State University and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. He is the author of Christopher Sunset (Wave Books, 2010), Water’s Leaves & Other Poems (Winner of the 2004 Verse Press Prize) and A Summer Evening, winner of the 2001 Colorado Prize (Center for Literary Publishing, 2001). His poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies, including The Best American Poetry 1997, The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries and Isn’t It Romantic: 100 Poems by Younger American Poets. He currently teaches in New York City, where he lives with his wife, daughter and son.
