Laura Sims's exquisite debut is the work of an organic synthesizer, one practiced in the restrained art of listening. Her poems exhibit an attenuation that is akin to devotion: By means of maxim and miniaturization, she sorts and stacks the products of humanness. Memes and phonemes of a haiku-like fineness are thereby invited to break the surface of the page.

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Alberta Prize 2005

LAURA SIMS lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she teaches English and Creative Writing. Her poems have appeared in the journals 6 X 6, 3rd Bed, Boston Review, and 26, among others. Her chapbook, Bank Book, was published by Answer Tag Press in 2004.

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