University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Megan B. Simpson Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies

Book Title: Singularities

Author: Susan Howe

Selection Statement:

The Source of Snow


the nearness of Poetry


I've loved poetry all my life, but it wasn't until I read Susan Howe that I finally got it, realized what it can do, why we need it. Her work continues to be very important to me.


Young pine in a stand of oak


young oak in a stand of pine


Expectation of Epiphany


Not to look off from it


but to look at it


Original of the Otherside


understory of anotherword


Year: 2006