Aileron, by Geraldine Connolly

Congratulations to Gerry for the feature of her poem, The Right Words, on The Writer's Almanac.

Congratulations again for the feature of a second poem, My Granddaughter's Face, on The Writer's Almanac.

Congratulations to Gerry for her interview with Grace Cavalieri on The Poet & the Poem from the Library of Congress.

Congratulations to Gerry for the feature of her poem, The Hardware of the Brain, on Verse Daily.

Praise for Aileron
Open this book at random and find a trove of thrilling images and unexpected metaphors: tiny bells jingling like sins, “a cool lake of indifference,” “an impossible wheel of hunger.” Read this book beginning to end and discover a dark trajectory, the work required to integrate one’s family of origin with a wider consciousness and responsibility. As have those in Geraldine Connolly’s previous books, these poems fly. But equipped with the acute sensitivity of an aileron, they fly higher and more daringly—exposing for us our own “beating heart, its thump and clamor.” This is the work of a gifted poet at the height of her powers.
             --Natasha Sajé

Geraldine Connolly is the author of three poetry collections, Food for the Winter, Province of Fire, and Hand of the Wind. Her work has appeared in a variety of literary journals, including Poetry, Shenandoah, The Georgia Review, and The Gettysburg Review. She is the recipient of two NEA fellowships, a Maryland Arts Council fellowship, and a Cafritz Foundation grant. Her work has been broadcast on WPFW radio and featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writers Almanac. She was executive editor of Poet Lore from 1994 to 2000 and has taught workshops for the  the Maryland Poetry-in-the-Schools Program and the Graduate Writing Program at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. She now lives in Tucson, Arizona.

www.geraldineconnolly.com

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