The Sky Over Walgreens

by Chris Green

Poetry. Chris Green is a wonderful poet of contemporary American life. Compassionate, candid, funny and smart, these poems explore things we know but are often unable to say about our everyday lives. Green's debt to other writers is a source of richness but never pedantry. Encountering other poets, books, animals, marriage, family, even the suburban strip mall--the experiences created by these poems are sources of surprise, light and shadow.

Genres: Poetry

78 pages, Paperback

First published October 15, 2007

About the author

Chris Green is the author of four books of poetry: The Sky Over Walgreens, Epiphany School, Résumé and Everywhere West. His poetry has appeared in such publications as Poetry, The New York Times, Court Green, Prairie Schooner and Columbia Poetry Review.

He has edited four anthologies including I Remember: Chicago Veterans of War and the forthcoming Poetic Justice: A Poem by 100 Chicago Poets on Gun Violence (Big Shoulders Books, 2020). He also started the Poetic Justice League, a forum for collaborative political poetry:

He teaches in the English Department at DePaul University. More information can be found at www.chrisgreenpoetry.com.

Reviews

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had no idea what to expect when I opened Chris Green's The Sky Over Walgreens, but it was a delight. It's a GOOD book, one good poem after another, all deceptively simple, straightforward, but all with a great heart, with a story to tell, with powerfully directed intelligence. I liked this book a lot

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Chris is an amazing poet, and this is a wonderful collection. "My Brother Buries His Dog" and "A Woman at Starbucks Reads the Cliff Notes to Moby Dick" are my favorites. Buy it, read it, give it to your friends.

[Tovah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The tone feels distant, observational, but the images ooze with heart. Some, I couldn't parse together, but then I'm a wildly untrained poet. Many more we're funny and heart breaking.