Description
THE MAPMAKER’S DREAM
by Bill Meissner
$19.99, Full-length, paper
978-1-63534-831-6
2019
Author and teacher Bill Meissner has published four previous collections of poetry: American Compass (U. of Notre Dame Press), Learning to Breathe Underwater and The Sleepwalker’s Son (Ohio U. Press) and Twin Sons of Different Mirrors (Milkweed Editions). His chapbook with a carnival/circus theme is The Glass Carnival (Paper Soul Press). He’s also the author of two books of short stories: Hitting into the Wind (Random House Publishers/SMU Press paperback/Dzanc Press ebook) and The Road to Cosmos (U. of Notre Dame Press). His first novel, Spirits in the Grass (U. of Notre Dame Press), was awarded the Midwest Book Award. Meissner is the recipient of several awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, two Loft McKnight Fellowships in poetry and fiction, a Loft-McKnight Award of Distinction in Fiction, several PEN/NEA Syndicated Fiction Awards for short stories, and a Jerome Fellowship for travel/study in Mexico. His poems have been published and anthologized widely during the past years. Several poems included in The Mapmaker’s Dream have won awards, including “Song for the Refugees,” which was selected as a finalist in the 2018 International Poetry Competition, sponsored by The Atlanta Review.
Bill’s hobbies/interests include travel (especially to tropical locations), rock music, baseball, and photography. He also collects pulp fiction magazines, music memorabilia, and (too many) vintage typewriters. He has taught creative writing at St. Cloud State University, and, as a visiting writer, he frequently presents workshops at local elementary schools, high schools and colleges. He grew up in Iowa and Wisconsin, and lives in St. Cloud, Minnesota with his wife Christine.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.