She lives and teaches in pendleton, oregon, and serves as poetry editor of contrary magazine. Shaindel beers poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. From there, the book opens out into an exploration of the war at home and the war within ourselves, exploring violence in mythology, domestic. Her most recent collection, secure your own mask, won the white pine poetry prize for 2017. She studied literature at huntingdon college in montgomery, alabama ba, and at the university of chicago ma before earning her mfa in creative writing poetry at vermont college of.
From an eight year old darfurian girls drawing the tank, bigger than the hut, fires and all of the colors explode from the hut. Shaindel was raised in argos, indiana, a town of 2,000 people. She is currently a professor of english at blue mountain community college in pendleton, oregon, in eastern oregons high desert and also serves as poetry editor of contrary. Bmcc instructor shaindel beers a finalist for oregon book. I do not like making comparisons between two different works of art so i will simply restate this book is a bold and sobering step away from her first book.
Beers voice is clear and consistent throughout the fortytwo poems which form the book s four sections. The childrens war and other poems by shaindel beers. Secure your own mask by shaindel beers, paperback barnes. She is the current department chairperson at blue mountain community college in pendleton, oregon, and serves as poetry editor of contrary magazine. Her awards include first place karen fredericks and frances willitts poetry prize, grand prize cowinner trellis magazine sestina contest, first place dylan days. She teaches at blue mountain community college in pendleton, oregon, where she lives with her son liam, and serves as poetry editor of. Oct 30, 20 remember my teaser a few weeks ago about the wonderful poetry of shaindel beers.
Heres one of my favorite poems from the childrens war. Her own writing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Shaindel beers is the author of three fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing, and secure your own mask forthcoming from white pine press. From there, the book opens out into an exploration of war at home and the war within ourselves, exploring violence in mythology, domestic violence, and wars that. In the childrens war, beers explores wars both literal and figurative, moving from global conflict to violence in mythology, domestic violence, and the war o synopsisin the first half of the childrens war, shaindel beers looks at artwork done by and about child survivors of war, embodying the voices of the children, their families, and. Shaindel beers is the author of two fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2008, and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. Shaindel beers secure your own mask, recipient of the 2018 white pine press poetry prize, is one such from first line to last.
Shaindel is the author of two fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. She is currently an instructor of english at blue mountain community college in pendleton, oregon, in eastern oregons high desert and serves as poetry editor of contrary. She studied literature at huntingdon college in montgomery, alabama ba, and at the university of chicago ma before earning her mfa in creative writing poetry at vermont college of fine arts. Remember my teaser a few weeks ago about the wonderful poetry of shaindel beers. Shaindel beers voice is strong and powerful, and her writing is simply amazing. Her second collection, the children s war and other poems, was released in february. The childrens war by shaindel beers, paperback barnes. The children s war and other poems is an amazing collection of poetry that left me awestruck. Bmcc instructor receives top shelf award your eo news. Oregon book award finalist includes bmcc instructor your.
Her second collection, the childrens war and other poems,was released in february of 20. I started out with about eight of the childrens war poems, and had sent those to my publisher with my first book manuscript in 2008. Secure your own mask is beers third published book, following a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. Her books are available for purchase through amazon, the bmcc bookstore or through beers website.
Her awards include first place karen fredericks and frances willitts poetry prize, grand prize cowinner trellis magazine sestina contest, first place dylan days poetry. I wasnt sure what they were, but i knew they were something a separate project. Her second collection, the childrens war and other poems, was released in february of 20. Secure your own mask, shaindel beers by lennart lundh. She also serves as poetry editor of contrary magazine. There are books which clearly deserve the awards given them. Shaindel beers is the author of three fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2009, the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing, and secure your own mask 2018, from white pine press. The collection of poems, the children s war, by shaindel beers is a set of thought provoking little points of view that add real depth to the subjects they cover. Shaindel beers second fulllength poetry collection is a book in two parts about a difficult subject the effects of war and violence on children and society at large but its also a book about the healing power of poetry and art.
Aug 20, 20 the childrens war is shaindels second book. She is the poetry editor of contrary magazine and teaches at blue mountain community college in the desert town of pendleton, oregon. Jun 28, 2016 shaindel beers is a poet and teacher living in the small, eastern oregon town of pendleton. Shaindel beers is the author of two fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both. The childrens war is her second poetry collection from salt. A brief history of time, her first fulllength poetry collection, was released by. Mar 25, 2016 shaindel beers is the author of two fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2008, and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. The collection of poems, the childrens war, by shaindel beers is a set of thought provoking little points of view that add real depth to the subjects they cover. Three ekphrastic poems from the collection appear below, along with the childrens artwork from which the poems derive and also praise from marilyn kallet and okla elliot. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction has appeared in.
Partway through the writing, beers gave birth to her son liam, who is now two. After a photo of a chechen girl on a train, by shaindel beers. The childrens war and other poems whizbangwomans blog. Her other books include a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. A brief history of time promises scope and shaindel beers delivers. Oregon book award finalist includes bmcc instructor your eo. Shaindel beers is the author of two fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2009 and the children s war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. From there, the book opens out into an exploration of the war at home and the war within ourselves, exploring. She teaches at blue mountain community college in pendleton, oregon, and serves as poetry editor of contrary magazine.
Shaindel beers was raised in argos, indiana, a town of 2,000 people. Jan 11, 2019 her second collection, the childrens war and other poems,was released in february of 20. Shaindel beers is author of the poetry collections a brief history of time salt publishing, 2009, the childrens war and other poems salt, 20, and secure your own mask white pine press, 2018. Shaindel beers writes in with this response to dan coffeys post, do poets dig radiohead. Shaindel beers poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. This young woman writes poems crammed with the beauty, irony, and sadness of the world. Shaindel beerss the childrens war and other poems is a poetry survival kit. The childrens war, by shaindel beers writing for peace. The childrens war includes 20 war poems and 36 others. It offers beauty and balance, provides necessary news of how to survive the war against innocence, how to start over from a childs point of view, and from a womans. It was an obsession, one of those projects that basically writes itself. I ordered books online, i scoured online galleries. The childrens war and other poems is an amazing collection of poetry that left me awestruck. The big question for me was if i was supposed to write an entire book of childrens war poems or if i should include other forms of violence.
She is the poetry editor of contrary magazine and teaches at blue mountain community college in the high desert town of pendleton, oregon. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. In the first half of the children s war, shaindel beers looks at artwork done by and about child survivors of war, embodying the voices of the children, their families, and the humanitarian aid workers sent to help them. Shaindel beers was raised in argos, indiana, a town of fewer than 2,000 people. Her awards include first place karen fredericks and frances willitts poetry prize, grand prize cowinner trellis magazine sestina contest, first place dylan days poetry competition, and others. She serves as poetry editor of contrary magazine and teaches at blue mountain community college in pendleton, oregon. Shaindel beers second collection, the childrens war and other poems, will be released february 15 from salt publishing. For me, that was the big philosophical question of this book.
A brief history of time, her first fulllength collection of poetry, was released by salt publishing in 2009. The poems were distinctive, unique, and powerful, and the entire collection is an emotional rollercoaster that leaves you breathless when you are done. Poet shaindel beers is an instructor at blue mountain community college and the author of two previous collections, a brief history in time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20. Sep 30, 20 her second collection, the childrens war and other poems, was released in february of 20. From there, the book opens out into an exploration of the war at home and. Shaindel beers is author of the poetry collections a brief history of time salt publishing, 2009, the childrens war and other poems salt, 20, and.
In the first half of the childrens war, shaindel beers looks at artwork done by and about child survivors of war, embodying the voices of the children, their families, and the. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared in. Shaindel beers is the author of two fulllength poetry collections, a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. From there, the book opens out into an exploration of the war at home and the war within ourselves. Her second collection, the childrens war and other poems, was released in february.
In the first half of the childrens war, shaindel beers looks at artwork done by and about child survivors of war, embodying the voices of the children, their families, and the humanitarian aid workers sent to help them. Her poems have appeared in tupelo quarterly and poetry south. A midwestern americana reading the museum of americana. The poetry collection is beers third published book, following a brief history of time 2009 and the childrens war and other poems 20, both from salt publishing. From there, the book opens out into an exploration of the war at home and the war within ourselves, exploring violence in mythology, domestic violence, and the wars. In the first half of the childrens war and other poems, shaindel beers views artwork by child survivors of war, and she creates the voices of the children, their families, and the humanitarian aid workers sent to help them. She s the author of two poetry collections, the poetry editor for contrary magazine, and teaches english at blue mountain community college. Books fiction and nonfiction that are about war andor take place during a time of war. Her strong first book goes beyond the farm girl who escapes and has love affairs. The childrens war download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. The childrens war and other poems is a sharp departure from shaindels first book, a brief history of time. Apr 19, 20 the childrens war and other poems is a sharp departure from shaindels first book, a brief history of time. Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Besides chatting about mama issues, we traded copies of our poetry books, and i was as taken with her poetry as i was with her.