Dreams of a Robot Dancing Bee

James Tate is the author of 14 books of poetry (most recently Return to the City of White Donkeys, 2004), and the recipient of numerous awards: fellowships from the NEA and Guggenheim Foundations, the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Dreams of the Robot Dancing Bee is his first collection of stories. He teaches at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

"Like forty-four test tubes, these stories contain a series of meticulously prepared chemistry experiments. . . . Tate, the long-acclaimed poet, uses a disarmingly pedestrian voice to lure the reader to a place of bizarre poignancy. He makes eccentricity look good, as a poet should."--The New Yorker "Fiction lovers who come to this book with an open mind will find themselves challenged and entertained by a brilliant writer with a very fertile imagination."--Publishers Weekly, starred review