A Larger Country

In this exhilarating APR/Honickman Award-winning debut, Tomás Morín interacts intimately with history and story to craft complex and fantastical portraits

Author: Tomas Q. Morin
Publisher: American Poetry Review
Published: 11/06/2012
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780966339598

About the Author
Tomas Q. Mornin: Tomás Q. Morín was born in Texas and educated at Texas State University and Johns Hopkins University. He is the recipient of scholarships from the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, and the New York State Summer Writers Institute. His debut volume of poetry, A Larger Country, won the APR/Honickman First Book Prize. He lives in San Marcos, Texas, and teaches at Texas State University.

Tom Sleigh: Tom Sleigh won the 2008 Kingsley Tufts Award for his book of poetry, Space Walk (Houghton Mifflin). His book of essays, Interview with a Ghost, was published by Graywolf Press in 2006. Sleigh has won the Shelley Prize from the Poetry Society of America, and grants from the Lila Wallace Fund, American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy in Berlin, the Guggenheim Fourndation, and the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2011 he received the inaugural John Updike Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in New York City.