Aileron
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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
Geraldine Connolly is the author of four earlier poetry books, Food for the Winter, Province of Fire, Hand of the Wind, and Aileron. 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 Writer's 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 Alameda, California.
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