A Galaxy in a Jar

by Laurel Winter

A Galaxy In A Jar by Laura Winter collects twenty-eight new and previously published poems. Introduction by Jane Yolen. Illustrations by Beth Hanson. Her poems "Egg Horror Poem," and "Why Goldfish Shouldn't Use Power Tools" won both the Asimov's Readers' Award and the Rhysling Award. Poems included are "Godlet," "The Pocket-and Beyond," "The Stone Baby," "E-love," "How To Make Love To A Shark," "Expedition," "Eve's Theory of Gravity," "Myth," and twenty more. "...who is this woman, I wonder, closing the book, measuring mittens, pondering needles the size of Ohio, wondering about raw blind fish, realizing that this Laurel Winter, a small town Montana and Minnesota girl, has galaxy-sized imaginings..." From the introduction by Jane Yolen.

56 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2003

About the author

Laurel Winter (born Laurel Anne Hjelvik) is an author of fantasy, science fiction, and poetry. In childhood she attended a one-room schoolhouse. Her first published fantasy story was "Mail Order Eyes" in 1988. She has since won two Rhysling Awards and a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella. She has also written Young-adult fiction.

Reviews

[DivaDiane SM · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read several of these poems before, actually recorded them for StarShipSofa.com, so I have a soft spot for them in my heart. I enjoyed the other poems in this collection just as much. There's Egg Horror Poem and Why Goldfish Don't Use Power Tools, which are great, award-winning poems, but there is also The Stone Baby and Judy Resnick Brushes Her Teeth, which both pack a punch, and An Eccentric in Orbit and Advanced Decomposition, which are both just funny. A slim volume, which is highly entertaining from beginning to end!