BODY LANGUAGE

IN CHILDREN OF GRASS: A PORTRAIT OF AMERICAN POETRY, PUBLISHED BY SCHAFFNER PRESS IN SEPTEMBER, PHOTOGRAPHER B. A. VAN SISE PRESENTS SELECTIONS FROM AN EXPANSIVE, THREE-YEAR POETRY PORTRAITURE PROJECT FOR WHICH HE ASKED POETS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO POSE FOR A CONCEPT BASED ON A POEM BY EACH SUBJECT. WE ASKED THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR HIS THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING THESE VISUAL NARRATIVES.

Jane Hirshfield

ANA Levin is so alive that it seems indecorous to kill her. There are five of us in the kitchen of friends of friends, and we’ve burgled a refrigerator for its contents, placed it all on the floor around the house. On tables and chairs, on shelves and in the doorway, out of view, are eggs and milk and crackers and bread; beer and beer and cookies and