American Compass, Bill Meissner's fourth book of poetry, is a collection that steers the reader on a varied, memorable journey down the American highway. Like the four points of a compass, each of the book's four sections has a distinct direction. First Corners features poems about childhood and the realizations of early adulthood. Breaking Dreams illuminates the myths and realities of popular American icons, with portraits of James Dean, Thomas Edison, Elvis Presley, and Joe DiMaggio. The baseball poems in Taking the Curve become subtle metaphors for the game of life. In the Soul Highway...
American Compass, Bill Meissner's fourth book of poetry, is a collection that steers the reader on a varied, memorable journey down the American highw...
American Compass, Bill Meissner's fourth book of poetry, is a collection that steers the reader on a varied, memorable journey down the American highway. Like the four points of a compass, each of the book's four sections has a distinct direction. First Corners features poems about childhood and the realizations of early adulthood. Breaking Dreams illuminates the myths and realities of popular American icons, with portraits of James Dean, Thomas Edison, Elvis Presley, and Joe DiMaggio. The baseball poems in Taking the Curve become subtle metaphors for the game of life. In the Soul Highway...
American Compass, Bill Meissner's fourth book of poetry, is a collection that steers the reader on a varied, memorable journey down the American highw...
In his second short story collection, Bill Meissner explores the consciousness of Cosmos, U.S.A, a small town that is anything but ordinary. Though it has its share of residents intent on keeping the world on an even keel, Cosmos is blessed with a healthy number of eccentrics who are chasing their dreams, idiosyncratic as they may be, or struggling to distinguish themselves as individuals. We meet Duane, hoping to build a replica of Stonehenge with salvaged cars; Norm, the local weatherman, longing to be the first person to film the inside of a tornado; Elmo, a groundskeeper, seeking...
In his second short story collection, Bill Meissner explores the consciousness of Cosmos, U.S.A, a small town that is anything but ordinary. Though it...
Meissner has the storyteller s gift for creative living characters, living speech, living emotions, living drama. He knows his small town baseball, but beyond that, he knows the human spirit. Tim O Brien, author of "The Things They Carried" In "Spirits in the Grass"," "Meissner explores the hidden heart of America s Midwest scratching hard at his character s dreams to release their nightmares, their truths. His words are supple as grass, his language a graceful dance that is a pure joy to read. Susan Power, author of "The Grass Dancer" This novel is a rare achievement, an extraordinary story...
Meissner has the storyteller s gift for creative living characters, living speech, living emotions, living drama. He knows his small town baseball, bu...
