On the Ground

by Fanny Howe

A spiritually resonant and politically urgent new collection by the winner of the Lenore Marshall poetry prize

My father was a soldier
who was smaller than my son

when he returned as a ghost.

I begged him to stay with us
but he said: "Not until you come to life."
-from " Untitled]"

Fanny Howe's bold new collection responds to the contrast between American imperialist goals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555974031
• ISBN13: 9781555974039
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"