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Parallel Press Publishes Driving to Heaven by Tracy Youngblom
MADISON, Wis. –The poems of Tracy Youngblom juxtapose the experiences of “earthly existence” with that of the possibility of eternity. She “maneuvers [her child] through the crazy / rush hour of his curiosity, but [she] can’t / convert him, this child who loves the idea / of suspension, is propelled by the concept of a God.” Her poems capture the struggle to reconcile both the tragic and euphoric journeys in life, while still holding a belief in some form of an after-life.
Tracy Youngblom holds an MA in English and an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College. Her poems have appeared in many journals over the years, including Shenandoah, Loonfeather, Briar Cliff Review, North Stone Review, Poetry East, Potomac Review, Cortland Review, and others, along with the anthologies 33 Minnesota Poets and In A Fine Frenzy. She is the poetry editor for the on-line journal Emprise Review and teaches English at a local community college. Driving to Heaven is her first collection.
The Parallel Press is an imprint of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. For more information, visit http://parallelpress.library.wisc.edu/chapbooks/poetry.Orders may be sent to:
Parallel Press
372 Memorial Library
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-2600
