<DIV><p>"[<I>Selected Poems</I>] offers readers a chance to catch on to one of the most distinctive talents of our time, one of the few who can genuinely startle. . . . Ruefle is clearly one of the best American poets writing, and her body of work is remarkable for its spiritual force, intelligence, stylistic virtuosity, and adventurousness."?Tony Hoagland</p><p><I>of all things standing furthest<BR>from what is real, stand these trees<BR>shaking with dispensable joy . . . </I></p><p><B>Mary Ruefle</B> is the winner of the 2011 William Carlos Williams Award and has authored ten collections of poetry; <I>The Most of It</I>, a book of prose; and <I>A Little White Shadow</I>, a collection of erasures. She teaches at Vermont College.</p></DIV>