“This book, a stunning sequence of sonnets, explores the poet’s relation to his mother’s dying, and through it, a deeper relation to what it means to be human. A brilliant literary achievement!” – Kathleen Spivack
Myles Gordon teaches humanities in the Boston school system through the Boston Teacher Residency. A past honorable mention for the AWP Intro Award, Myles is also a past winner of the Grolier Poetry Prize. He has published poems in several small, literary magazines, and in the anthology Awake! A Reader for the Sleepless (Soft Skull Press). A former television producer for Boston’s ABC Network affiliate, WCVB TV, he is the winner of four New England Emmy Awards for producing and writing. He co-produced the independent documentary: Touching Lives: Portraits of Deafblind People, which premiered at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.