Winner of the May Sarton New Hampshire Prize for Poetry (2013)

Winner of the 2013 May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize, Twine is David Koehn's first full-length book of poetry. Poet and contest judge Jeff Friedman described Koehn's collection as consistently evocative, and said it displayed a poetic imagination that transforms its subject matter. Reading each poem is like embarking on a journey.

A contemporary woman makes complex negotiations with history and culture in a voice equally strong, discerning, God-soaked, and edgy--creating music out of personal longing and cultural tragedy. Hashem Beck's poems offer a lens through which to see life in the Middle East. They are timeless explorations of love, loss, and the poet's attempt to understand her own experience in the context of world events and the spiritual realities that permeate them.