Antiquity

Michael Homolka’s debut collection, Antiquity, won the 2015 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry. His poems have appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, Boulevard, Antioch Review, Agni, Poetry Daily, and Verse Daily. A graduate of Bennington College’s MFA program, he currently lives in Spain and New York with his family.

"It’s a quick spin through Homolka’s spare, sculpted lines from the collection of Jews’ permits to the six-day war to “emaciated lovers” receiving stars from the backs of chariots. Clearly, history, and particularly Jewish history, will be the topic of this Kathryn A. Morton Prize winner, and clearly the language will be punchy and irreverent…. VERDICT: Refreshing, energetic work; many readers will enjoy."—Library Journal, "Summer Poetry: 13 Smart New Collections from Debut and Veteran Authors Alike""Homolka’s alluring debut seamlessly tiles scenes of past and present to create a mosaic that is constantly conscious of the inescapability of time…. Aware that he is presenting perennial human questions in new imagery, Homolka lets his metaphors do the work so that the craft, not cleverness, shines through."—Publishers Weekly“Though timeless in its associations...this is a collection infused with the cyclical nature, and often unbearable passage, of time and an unflinching awareness of the horrors human beings can visit upon each other.... Thoughtful, piercing, and sometimes startling in its darker moments, this collection echoes long.” —Booklist

• 1Goshen Ode on Quote How to Live Antiquity Anamnesis Circumstances Retreat 2Out at the Mall Listen Up Medusa Riposte to Ode Personal Narrative Broken Home Endurance Frame Phenomenon Restoration Unjustified Mood on a Monday Evening 3Ruins Modern Sensibility East Villa View Drive West Artifact Transients History Moves in Waves A History of Art Emanation Men on the Road