A Sacrificial Zinc, by Matthew Cooperman

Selected by Susan Ludvigson as Winner of the 2001 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize "Colloquial, cerebral, and deeply felt, the poems in A Sacrificial Zinc are an absolutely compelling mix of formal adventurousness, dazzling diction, and good story . . . Matthew Cooperman is a very funny poet who is chronically interested and interesting. When he risks straightforward sweetness, he can also break your heart."—Maggie Anderson