Crossing Pleasure Avenue

by Karen Hildebrand

“We take our pleasure as we can,” Karen Hildebrand writes in the title poem, in a voice filled with desire tempered by loss. And there is much pleasure in this book of terse lyrics that engages the reader with humor, brio, and bite, in poems about everything from the 60’s TV show Leave It to Beaver with a crossdressing Beev, to imagining a year without men, to envisioning widows hijacking the C train. In these wildly imaginative poems, Karen Hildebrand sings the aging woman’s body electric!

—SHARON DOLIN

Genres: Poetry

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

A third generation Colorado native, KAREN HILDEBRAND picked up at midlife and started over in San Francisco, then New York City. Her poetry has been published in many journals, nominated for Pushcart prizes and adapted for a play, The Old In and Out, produced in NYC (2013). She is editor in chief of Dance Teacher magazine and chief content officer for DanceMedia Publications. She lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews

[Amy Barone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exquisite poems I could relate to. Karen chronicles poignant experiences with wit and vivid visuals

[Meagan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Karen's one of my favorite NYC poets, and this collection does not disappoint. Magical, tactile, brilliant stuff...get hold of this one, poetry lovers!