FlinchofSong Format: Paperback

Jennifer Militello’s work is ruminative and lyrical but with an unusually theatrical verve, which is displayed in associative leaps so agile that readers will be exhilarated by the imagination at work (and play) in each poem. This powerfully unified first book grapples with what is simultaneously gigantic and miniscule in human existence: the momentous everyday dramas of love and family.

Jennifer Militello is the poet laureate of New Hampshire. She is the author of the memoir Knock Wood and five collections of poetry, including, most recently, The Pact. Militello’s work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Best New Poets, American Poetry Review, The Nation, The New Republic, The Paris Review, Poetry, Poetry London, The Poetry Review, and Poetry Wales. Her poem “Mansplaining” is recited by high school students across the nation each year as part of the Poetry Out Loud national arts education program. She has taught at Brown University, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and the Rhode Island School of Design, and is currently a faculty member in the MFA program at New England College.