Painstaker: Poems - Paperback

by Jeffrey Galbraith (Author)

In Painstaker, Galbraith takes stock of life, building an inventory of faith, regret, travel, parenthood, and hardship both physical and mental. These poems live in cities but remember the farm, with subjects ranging from fatherhood and machinery accidents to the uncertainties of faith. Galbraith calls on a number of absentees who are deceased, divine, distant, or too intimately known, including loved ones, lost friends, and a lobster soon to be dinner. As the title suggests, Painstaker understands that the act of paying attention to the details is no easy task, and yet therein lies the reward.

Author Biography

Jeffrey Galbraith is Assistant Professor of English at Wheaton College, Illinois. He earned his doctorate in English Literature from Indiana University, and his MA in Creative Writing from Boston University. His poetry has appeared in Southern Humanities Review, Florida Review, RHINO, Yemassee, and the Cresset.