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Winner of the Walt McDonald First-Book Competition in Poetry
Wild Flight (paper)
Christine Rhein, with introduction by Robert A. Fink
“These expertly told stories hold interest even when the book is read straight through—a test for any collection of poems.” —Donald Mace Williams, Amarillo Globe-News 05/13/08 “Most writers take several publications and years to find their stride, yet the work of Christine Rhein in her debut anthology of poetry in Wild Flight comes from someone who is already seasoned with years of experience with her brilliant writing and lyrical poems on the subjects that matter most in today’s world - technology, love, humanity, and it’s ilk. Witty yet sympathetic, critical yet optimistic, “Wild Flight” is highly recommended for community library poetry collections and anyone who wants a taste of this hot new poet on the market.” —James A. Cox, Midwest Book Review “Wild Flight reveals a poet of versatility, one who has the ability to look at suffering with insight and present compelling social commentary. Christine Rhein is an uncompromising voice, whose poetry is profound, illuminating and always surprising.” —Melanie Buckowski, Chiron Review, Spring 2009 Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life’s juxtapositions. “Christine Rhein makes a stunning debut in Wild Flight, distinguishing herself immediately with poems of grace and intelligence. . . . Turning her eye toward science, technology, human relationships, love and war, she never merely describes a thing, but persuades us to a point of view that is subtle and sophisticated, sympathetic, and challenging, funny and almost warm to the touch with each living moment.”—Molly Peacock “Most writers take several publications and years to find their stride, yet the work of Christine Rhein in her debut anthology of poetry in Wild Flight comes from someone who is already seasoned . . . brilliant . . . on the subjects that matter most.” — Midwest Book Review FROM THE BOOK Friday night and we're not perched at some neon-lit Manhattan bar, not dancing in the ballroom of the San Francisco Ritz but mixing martinis in our Michigan kitchen, a pot of potatoes on the stove, our twenty-year-old Formica piled with newspapers, bills, sons' projects— bean plants growing well beyond the experiment. I think of all the variables affecting a marriage . . . How lucky to sit at this counter, to watch you lift the frosted glasses from the freezer, your hips moving in rhythm as you bounce the deco shaker, its jangle of gin and ice—and that drop of liqueur you add, tinting the cocktails robin egg blue.
Christine Rhein, formerly a mechanical engineer in Detroit’s automotive industry, lives in Brighton, Michigan. Her poems have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, and The Southern Review and have been selected for Poetry Daily and Best New Poets 2007.
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