The VPR Poem of the Week is Julie Bruck’s “Snapshot at Uxmal, 1972,” which appears in the Fall/Winter 2010-2011 issue (Volume XII, Number 1) of Valparaiso Poetry Review.
Julie Bruck’s books include The Woman Downstairs (1993), The End of Travel (1999), and a newly completed manuscript, Monkey Ranch. Her work has appeared in New Yorker, Ploughshares, and Malahat Review, among other journals.
Tuesday of each week One Poet’s Notes highlights an excellent work by a poet selected from the issues of Valparaiso Poetry Review, except when other posts with news or updates preempt the usual appearance of this item, with the recommendation that readers revisit it.