In the refreshingly iconoclastic poems of On the Irreversibility of Time, her second poetry collection, Mame Willey looks unflinchingly at the worst life has to offer, staring it down and countermanding it with unfailing compassion, resilience, and a lovely dose of irony and wit. Taking her cue from Robert Frost’s directive that the poet should be at home in herself, Mame Willey is very much her own person. She will surprise you with the unpredictable turns of mind and unconventional points of view her poems present, always with an undercurrent of magnanimity and generosity of spirit.
Mame Willey grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Vassar College. She then moved to the Boston area, where she married and raised two children, Peter and Katie. She has taught English at Bentley College, Wellesley College, and the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She received an MA in English from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and an MFA in poetry from the Bennington College Writing Seminars. Now living in Vermont, she teaches in Dartmouth College’s Lifelong Education program, ILEAD. Her fiction has appeared in several journals, among them The Hudson Review, The Mississippi Review, Hanging Loose, and Colorado Quarterly. Her poetry has been published by journals including Blueline, California Quarterly, Hunger Mountain, Entelechy International, Slant, and Hanging Loose. Her previous book is entitled Time Stopped. Click here to read samples from the book. Click here to view upcoming events. Click here to read additional material relevant to the book. |
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BOOK STATISTICS ISBN 978-1-936482-15-3
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