Winner of Prize Americana for Poetry, THE MYSTERIES OF FISHING AND FLIGHT is a poetry collection, at once rich, evocative, enigmatic. Author Jacqueline K. Powers summons nature imagery and emotional experience to plumb the depths of human existence - ephemeral and difficult, but beautiful just the same. Her work has appeared in such creative writing journals as ARBUTUS, CALIFORNIA QUARTERLY, INNISFREE POETRY JOURNAL, POESIA, and REVIEW AMERICANA among others. She lives in Ithaca, New York, where she works at Cornell University.