Bread without Sorrow

This winner of the Balcones Prize for Poetry contains poems of family, love, betrayal, belief, and profound speculation. It is a poetry of long, musical lines, astonishingly original metaphor, and clear and direct voice. This is a remarkably intimate and moving work.

John Hodgen received a Bluestem Award for In My Father's House and was awarded the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. He lives in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.