horses

by Vesper Stamper

Seventeen poems, illustrated in pen and ink line drawings by the author, capturing snapshot moments in time which pose questions of longing for eternal meaning.

40 pages, Paperback

Published April 28, 2010

About the author

Born in Germany and raised in New York City, Vesper Stamper writes and illustrates novels which tell, through both words and pictures, stories of history’s rhymes. Her debut illustrated YA novel, What the Night Sings, about the aftermath of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young musician, was a National Book Award Nominee, a National Jewish Book Award Finalist, a Morris Award Finalist, Golden Kite Honor Book and Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, and was named one of the Best YA Books of 2018/9 by YALSA, the Wall Street Journal and Kirkus. Vesper has a BFA in Illustration from Parsons and an MFA in Illustration as Visual Essay from School of Visual Arts and is the host of the podcast Vesperisms: The Art of Thinking for Yourself, which aims to cultivate a rehumanized worldview through artistic thinking. She lives with her husband, filmmaker Ben Stamper, and her two teenagers, in the Northeast, and teaches illustration at School of Visual Arts.

Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner
Morris Award Finalist
National Book Award Nominee
National Jewish Book Award Finalist
Golden Kite Honor Book
White Raven (International Youth Library)
Best Books of 2018 by Kirkus, YALSA & WSJ