Report from the Banana Hospital

In her second volume of poems, Norah Pollard tells of her despairs, delights, and famous father, Red Pollard, Seabiscuit's jockey. His love of wild things, the poems proclaim, is much like his daughter the poet's. Directly and indirectly, these new poems draw on the wonderfully varied experiences Norah Pollard has had during a many-faceted life: she has been a folk singer, seam-stitcher, nanny, teacher, solderer, and print shop calligrapher. As poet, she has received unusual acclaim. She is one of the few poets to read twice in the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival and has been delighting audiences throughout New England for many years. While studying with Dick Allen at the University of Bridgeport, she received the Academy of American Poets Prize, and for several years she was editor of The Connecticut River Review. Norah Pollard lives in Stratford, Connecticut.