Rattlecast #56 features longtime Rattle contributor Jennifer Perrine and her new book, Again.

Jennifer Perrine is the author of three previous books of poetry, most recently No Confession, No Mass, winner of the Publishing Triangle Audre Lorde Award and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Perrine’s other books include In the Human Zoo, which was selected for the Agha Shahid Ali Poetry Prize, and The Body Is No Machine. A recipient of fellowships from Literary Arts and the Vermont Studio Center, Perrine lives in Portland, Oregon.

For more information, visit:

https://www.jenniferperrine.org/

As always, we'll also include live open mic for responses to our weekly prompt. For details on how to participate, either pre-recorded, via Skype, or by phone, go to: https://www.rattle.com/rattlecast/

This Week's Prompt:

Write a poem based on one of the top 100 most famous paintings.

Next Week's Prompt:

Look out your window. Write a poem about what you see.

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