Alexandra McIntosh
Author of Bowlfuls of Blue
Alexandra McIntosh, author of Bowlfuls of Blue, lives and writes in Kentucky, her favorite place in the world. She received her B.A. from Asbury University, her M.A. in English from Northern Kentucky University, and her MFA in Poetry from Miami University. Her writing explores memory, both personal and communal, and its connection to the natural world. She is currently teaching college English and working on her next book: a memoir about family stories and the landscapes they create. Her poetry and creative nonfiction can be found in publications including Sad Girls Club, Milk and Cake Press, Raw Art Review, and Griffel Magazine. You can find links to her publications and pictures of her dog on her website AlexandraMcIntosh.com.
A longing for wonder and communion with the natural world can be felt throughout the pages of Alexandra McIntosh’s debut poetry collection, Bowlfuls of Blue. Newness within routine is a frequent return in McIntosh’s work. Like long conversations with traveling companions, recurring words and refrains mirror the cyclical experience of life in a human body, as well as the nature of the entire cosmos. The poems in this book survey communities—human, animal, spiritual, botanical, and geographical—to provide an honest meditation on life, one that acknowledges both its beauty and violence, shining “like the glare of the river on a day in August.” The reader walks with McIntosh in these pages through dreams, the stories of ancestors, her native Kentucky and Ohio River Valley, memories of childhood, contemplations on God and humanity, her brother’s wedding, and her grandmother’s passing. These are poems of life in all its seasons.
ISBN-13: 978-1-954573-04-8
eISBN-13: 978-1-954573-05-5