Opening the Shutters

OPENING THE SHUTTERS is a book of poems by Nan Knighton which has been called "e;extraordinary"e; by author Delia Ephron, "e;glorious"e; by playwright Ken Ludwig and "e;stunning"e; by Richard Ridge of Broadway World. Charles McGrath, former Editor of The New York Times Book Review says, "e;Reading Nan Knighton is like reading a 21st century Edna Millay"e; and Elizabeth Goodenough of Secret Spaces of Childhood says, "e;Her poems fly. They take risks...with arresting images, kick-ass verbs, hilarious dialogue and dramatic power. Brilliant."e; Knighton's poems are conversational. Alfred Uhry, Pulitzer Prize winner for Driving Miss Daisy says, "e;Nan Knighton's poems celebrate the ebb and flow of everyday life."e; Her poems live in that arena - conversational, easily grasped. As she says, they are for those who say, "e;I'm not really a poetry person"e; as much as they are for poetry lovers. Her poems travel from Skee Ball on the boardwalk to a tango by the river, from drunken prayers in a taxi to writing songs in the nude, from parents who drive you nuts- ("e;I'll be dying, they'll be drinking Mint Juleps"e;)- to a man on his knees begging his lover to stop making him laugh. Whether in rhyme, free verse, haiku, prose poem or dialogue, Knighton's poems are sure to hit a nerve.