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If poetry collections can be “page-turners,”
that’s what this one is.
Griswold’s casually brilliant verse is for anyone who savors
good storytelling, ironical bites of humor, intellectual
explorations, clear-eyed takes on history, gigantic bursts
of humane love.
Just Enough Clothes is more than a triumph. These are
poems for all seasons.
—Duff Brenna, author of Too Cool and
Minnesota Memoirs
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“
Harry Griswold’s aptly-titled debut collection of poems,
Camera Obscura, is filled with people—real and
imagined—at times isolated in their grief and locked in
silence. The poet gives voice to their yearnings, and solace in his
plain-spoken words. This is a poetry deeply focused in its seeing,
its way of knowing. From the seemingly mundane to the near
extraordinary, these poems look at the dailiness of our lives,
as in the camera’s darkened chamber, “right in the
middle of things.”
—Natasha Trethewey, author of Native Guard,
winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
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An eclectic group of 67 poems and 14 black-and-white
photographs
Published in October 2014 by
Garden Oak Press
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Poems From the Book:
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A collection of 63 poems, including one nominated for
a Pushcart Prize. Plus, four black-and-white photos and the
front cover photo.
Published in July 2007 by
Wordcraft of Oregon
Poems From the Book:
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Harry Griswold’s reality presses in from all sides.
He speaks in a calm voice, quiet for the most part, but we
sense the wildness just under the surface, pushing against
the words.
—Joseph Millar, author of Fortune
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Harry Griswold is the kind of poet you would like to sit down
with. He’s weaving stories and he knows just how much to
show, how much to tell. You won’t find a false step or
easy theatrics. Camera Obscura is the work of an
experienced, astute man, very worthwhile taking in. We need
more wisdom in our poetry and Griswold delivers.
—Eloise Klein Healy, author of The Islands Project:
Poems For Sappho
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