Imaginary Vessels. Paisley Rekdal

• Last book of poetry, Animal Eye,” named one of the top 5 poetry books of 2012 by Publishers Weekly• Interested in multi-media essays and poems with strongly historical influences• Book is illustrated with incredible Andrea Modica photographs of skulls unearthed at the Colorado Mental Health Institute• Seattle area local and current resident of Salt Lake City• Mental illness and constructions of American femininity are heavily present in this work• Rekdal is on the faculty of Kundiman, an organization dedicated to the creation and cultivation of Asian American literature