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Praise for "Emergency Contact" |
"In these hard-won, honest poems she tells us what we already
knew but need, always, to be reminded of—that life is
difficult and beautiful, painful and marvelous. Her poems sing
to us, as the best poems do, of how much we have to be
thankful for."
George Bilgere"Claire
McMahon's new poems in Emergency Contact celebrate the joys
and sadness of a simple life in a simple, accessible, idiom
set against the backdrop of family values. . . McMahon quietly
asks whether we've really progressed as a culture since the
"scarlet letter days."
Chris Stroffolino
“Claire McMahon's poems of family and friendship in
Emergency Contact pulse with the urgency of language finding
its way to meaning.”
Ray McNiece
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Claire McMahon is currently co-editor of MoonLit magazine
(Drag City Press, Chicago) and previously co-edited the Make
Room for Dada arts journal in Boulder, Colorado. She holds
degrees from Manhattan College, Naropa University, and Kent
State University.
Originally from New Jersey, McMahon moved to Boulder,
Colorado to study and then settled in Cleveland, Ohio. |
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teaches English courses at Baldwin-Wallace College, Cuyahoga
Community College, and Myers University. She lives on
Cleveland's west side with her two daughters, Grace and Maeve. |
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