Which From That Time

Which From That Time Infus’d Sweetness Into My Heart

by Joy katz

Hand-Bound Chapbook / sold-out

When it was noon,
In the middle of the night,
In that hour of my life, to have
A moment, so plastic…

In a single, lyrically generous gesture, Joy Katz turns the new experience of motherhood (and, vicariously, selfhood) over and over, showing its facets of complexity in language both rigorous and gorgeous.


Joy Katz is the author of three poetry collections: The Garden Room (Tupelo), Fabulae (Southern Illinois), and All You Do is Perceive (Four Way, 2013), a National Poetry Series finalist. Her honors include an NEA fellowship, a Stegner fellowship, and a Pushcart residency at Jentel. She teaches in the graduate writing programs at Carlow University and Chatham University and lives in Pittsburgh with her husband and young son.
Posted by Iris Cushing, July 12th, 2013.