Poems Across the Big Sky: An Anthology of Montana Poets

by Lowell Jaeger (Editor and Contributor), James Welch (Contributor), Patricia Goedicke (Contributor)

Whether in Montana classrooms or in solitude, the beauty, complexity, and struggle of lives in Montana have inspired the remarkable variety of voices which comprise Poems Across the Big Sky. The poets included are female as well as male, Native American as well as non-Native, gay as well as straight, urban as well as rural. Some of them write in the Native languages of Montana, and also in English. Together they provide a portrait of Montana which challenges and prods us to a new, more inclusive and comprehensive understanding of the bittersweet essence of contemporary life in Montana Reservations, cities, small towns, isolated ranches, cabins, prairies, and mountains.
--Margaret C. Kingsland (from the Introduction)

Genres: Poetry

249 pages, Paperback

First published September 15, 2006

Reviews

[Shari · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this in Glacier Park last summer and have read through it many times since then. I LOVE this collection.

[Carissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haven't read every poem in the book, as some sections/poets didn't hold my interest. I felt the strongest section is Roger Dunsmore's. His poems are great, and the other poets in his section are awesome as well.

[Brian Wasserman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I usually use anthologies to find new authors, this isnt the best one for that purpose most of the authors are so local that they either have no published work or their book is only to be found in Montana.
Not entirely bad selections

[Zach S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection.

[Annie Waldow · Rating 4 out of 5]

marvelous Montana poets