The Wonder Is: New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 by Jan Epton Seale The Wonder Is: New and Selected Poems 1974-2004 celebrates our zany and sacred searches for meaning. Thirty years of close observation and involved living define this collection of widely published, anthologized, and new poems. Whether mirroring the active life (playing the flute for the mentally challenged, crossing the Tex-Mex border, lecturing on Sylvia Plath), or the contemplative one (receiving a blood transfusion, watching a sleeping son, locating a star constellation), these accessible poems examine our lives as ever both common and unique.

About the author: Jan Epton Seale, born in north Texas, writes and teaches writing in the subtropical Rio Grande Valley, where she has lived most of her adult life. Schooled at Baylor, the University of Louisville, and the University of North Texas, Seale held a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts in l982. Seven short stories won distribution in the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project, including several broadcast on National Public Radio. Her books include Airlift (short stories); Homeland (nonfiction); and four volumes of poetry, the latest The Yin of It. click here to learn more about the author ISBN 0-9747839-8-6 Poetry / $17.95