2009

Editors: Margo Stever and Jo Ann Clark

“In these small but precise gems, Helen Barolini captures the magic and majesty of an inspirational river. Her simple language carries us from a purple dawn over the Palisades through a foggy morning to a shadowy twilight. We encounter tugboats, swooping hawks, ice floes, and the mirrored Tappan Zee Bridge. Take this volume with you to the Hudson and see it with a poet's eyes!”

—Christine Lehner, author of
What to Wear to See the Pope
and Absent a Miracle.

Helen Barolini began a publishing career with her novel, Umbertina, and is the author of ten other books of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her short stories and essays have appeared in literary journals as well as in Best American Essays. Ms. Barolini’s collection The Dream Book, an anthology of women writers, was the recipient of an American Book Award, and she has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the MELUS Society. Most recently she received an Italian literary award, the Premio Acerbi, for the Italian edition of Umbertina. Ms. Barolini’s translation of stories by her late husband, the Italian author Antonio Barolini, appeared in The New Yorker. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Syracuse University, received a MLS degree from Columbia University, and studied at the University of London.

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