Chard deNiord is cofounder of the New England College MFA program in poetry. He is the author of the poetry collections Asleep in the Fire, Sharp Golden Thorn, Night Mowing, The Double Truth, and Interstate. His book Sad Friends, Drowned Lovers, Stapled S
Past Praise for Chard deNiord
"Interstate seamlessly connects the state of knowing, in a worldly
sense, to that knowing that is deeply felt yet unbodied. The
precise attention to the ordinary things of the world, and in
particular to the natural world, gives way to the wisdom of the
spirit undergirding these searching poems. Reading them, I felt the
delights of language in each new revelation: Words were all; / they
came to me like birds to a tree."—Natasha Trethewey
Past Praise for Chard deNiord
"'History, you know, is one thing and our lives are something
else,' wrote Octavio Paz, and Chard deNiord's response to this in
The Double Truth is both fascinating and instructive. The voice in
these poems seems to have a cunning ability to see oneself as if
from a distance. This is compelling, beautiful poetry."—Ilya
Kaminsky
Past Praise for Chard deNiord
"Here is a poet with a truly extraordinary verbal imagination. His
poems begin in the commonplace and rise-or soar, leap, swell-to the
climactic surreal in a few lines. This is aptitude beyond
technique, unassailable by the workshopping greenhorns. It is
indeed a kind of ecstasy for every and any reader. I recommend
Chard deNiord's Night Mowing as enthusiastically as I can."—Hayden
Carruth
"Always, Earth is the place of transformation. If ever there was a
poet who answered the command in Rilke's Ninth Elegy it’s deNiord.
It's thrilling how much he expects of language and experience, how
little he takes for granted...In My Unknowing is charged with the
pang of the insoluble mysteries: dreams, waking, the face of the
one you love."—Dennis Nurkse
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