The Island Year (Electronic book text)

Runner-Up recipient for the 2009 Academy of American Poets' Prize, Winner of the 2009 Poetry Distinction award, and 2008 title holder of the Intercollegiate Poetry Festival: Poet Laureate of Emerson College, Hill Holland Sadler's first full publication, The Island Year, is an exploration of human relationships in different locations across the globe and various historical landscapes. Her steadied and often lyrical style lends itself to the unveiling of a full spectrum of raw human experiences that lay bare the unspoken desires, regrets, and triumphs of her characters' lives. It is a collection that reminds us of our own shortcomings and also our most noble fights, one that assures us that we all might understand one another if we share in each other's human experience.