[Andrew Sofer]

The bridesmaid is finally a bride. After finalizing thirteen times on the contest circuit (and draining my bank account), my first book of poems, WAVE, has been published in Main Street Rag's Editor's Select Series.

The response has made me pinch myself. In her review, Rachel Hadas wrote in the April 1st TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: "Sofer is a master of pantoum, and the book includes a villanelle, several excellent sonnets and a curtal-sonnet, but his authority, skill and ease are equally evident in blank verse and a range of stanzaic forms." And Alicia Stallings was kind enough to comment that "unshowy mastery of technique contrasts with strong, deep undercurrents of emotion."

Having just read at Rhina Espaillat's Newburyport Literary Festival with the wonderful Maggie Dietz and Charlie Pratt, I'm excited to be reading from WAVE at the First Books Panel at West Chester on June 8th. Hope to see some Spherical folk there!