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�These poems are so generous, so bright and sharp, so funny and winning, they feel immense.� �Paul Guest �Erika Meitner is the new voice of intelligent and emotional poems. Good for poetry. Good for poetry lovers. Good for the rest of us, too.� � Nikki Giovanni Exploring themes of pregnancy, motherhood, ancestry, and life in the borderline slums of Washington, DC, the richly felt and adroit poetry of Erika Meitner�s Ideal Cities moves, mesmerizes, and delights. The work of an important emerging voice in contemporary American poetry�a winner of the 2009 National Poetry Series Prize as selected by Paul Guest�Ideal Cities gloriously perpetuates NPS�s long-standing tradition of promoting exceptional poetry from lesser-known poets.