Bauer's newest collection is an exploration of time: how we perceive it and its passing, how we use language to describe the lived experience that time informs, and the transformations we undergo during its passing.
Grace Bauer is the author of four books of poetry, including Nowhere All at Once.
"Grace Bauer's MEAN/TIME crackles with intelligence and heart. Reading this book is fuel for anyone's imagination. It does what poetry can do--it takes your mind where it hasn't gone before."--Dara Wier, author of You Good Thing
"In MEAN/TIME truth and its necessary consolations grace our lives as we go about 'maintaining / the sacred by performing the mundane.'"--Michael Waters, author of Celestial Joyride
"Grace Bauer is a poet at the height of her powers. The landscape of American poetry is brightened considerably by the verve of MEAN/TIME."--Marilyn Kallet, author of The Love That Moves Me
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Reality Check Conditional MEAN/TIME "Books Become Windows" Blue Yonder Little Wing Counter/Clock/Wise Watch Time Was Time/X Re/Wind Interlude in Auvillar The Deceptive Day Twilight Dis/Illusions Four/Instance Still Life as Oxymoron Torsos What Beckons The Wandering Dream The Flying Dream
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Field Synchronicity Opportunity Oceanic Cri De Coeur Foundational A Stitch in Time Hand to Mouth Your Life as Cliché Either Way Theoretical Against Proof
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Momentous Mean/While Sad September Song Fret Truth Dyslexical Darwinesque Caw Hues of Blues Weather Report Nocturne Overdue Elegy Mind of Winter Half-Empty Half-Full Out Far. In Deep. Means of Transport Dusting the Angel Journey Poems and Why You Write Them Glimpse
