Poetry by Anselm Hollo
October 1, 1986 • 6 x 9 • 112 pages • 978-0-918273-18-5
Anselm Hollo believes all his poems are part of a continuous song, and the music certainly continues in this graceful book. Pick Up the House gathers together poems written in England that have not appeared in book form, poems from Hollo’s Toothpaste Press chapbook Heavy Jars, and a healthy portion of new work. Hollo is a fixture in little magazines and in poetry workshops and readings around the country, and this book is further evidence that lyric poetry still sings in the pages of American literature.
About the Author
Anselm Hollo authored more than forty books and was an award-winning translator. He was born in Helsinki, Finland. After ten years in England writing and broadcasting for the BBC European Services, Hollo settled in the United States in 1966. He enthusiastically contributed to the American literary community as a poet, teacher, and award-winning translator. Fluent in German, Swedish, Finnish and English by age ten, Hollo made a significant contribution to modern letters as a translator. Hollo was widely published in little magazines, and his books include Sojourner Microcosms (Blue Wine Press) and No Complaints (Toothpaste Press); his translations include Red Cats (City Lights) and collections by Haavikko (Cape Goliard/Grossman) and Pentti Saarikoski (Toothpaste Press).
Hollo taught at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. His collection of poems, Notes on the Possibilities and Attractions of Existence, received the San Francisco Poetry Center Award.