The Opposite of Clairvoyance
“In a characteristically authentic poem, Gillian Wegener gives us the soul masquerading as a butterfly. ‘Attaching the wings is the easy part,’ she begins, preparing us for flight that takes different shapes in poem after poem. Whatever her subject–the natural world animated again and again by birds–or daily human settings–Wegener soars, delivering beautiful, heartfelt vistas with her sure knowing sight.” –Barbara Ras, author of One Hidden Stuff
Gillian Wegener works as a junior high English teacher in California’s Central Valley and lives with her husband and daughter in Modesto. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Runes, English Journal, americas review, and In the Grove. A chapbook, Lifting One Foot, Lifting the Other was published by In the Grove Press in 2001, and she was awarded a top prize by the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Foundation for 2006.
READ GILLIAN’S POEMS
Publication date: 2008
Read Gillian’s poem “My Father Begins to Disappear,” nominated for a 2011 Pushcart Prize by In Posse Review.
An article about Gillian appeared in the Modesto Bee on Sunday, March 2, 2008.
Listen here to the interview of Gillian broadcast Friday, February 29, 2008 on KXJC, Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, California. The segment containing her interview runs from minute 27 through minute 42.
