Linda Haltmaier’s “To the Left of the Sun”
Peak Financial Management is so fortunate to have a diverse client base comprised of many accomplished professionals working in areas ranging from academia, medicine, the arts, technology, and humanities. With great pleasure, we will be running a series of announcements, highlighting the talents and vocations of these clients and friends.
Linda Flaherty Haltmaier has just released her new poetry collection To the Left of the Sun. The compilation recently won the 2018 International Book Award for Poetry and has been described as follows: “By turns irreverent, playful, and serious, Haltmaier’s poems explore the phenomena of daily life with a deft clarity that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary. Brimming with nuance and surprise, To the Left of the Sun touches on the themes of solitude and union, love and letting go, and the redemptive power of nature. Haltmaier’s unflinching eye lays bare the hidden miracles in choosing a head of cabbage at the farmer’s market, taking a morning walk, or watching her mother’s decline into dementia. The everyday and the heartrending undergo a light-infusing alchemy in her hands. At its heart, To the Left of the Sun is a portal to a world where wonder, humor, and beauty can be found in even the most unlikely places.”
To the Left of the Sun is a follow up to her award winning Rolling up the Sky collection of poems released in 2016. Linda is the Poet Laureate of Andover Massachusetts and her work has earned numerous awards, including first place in the Palm Beach Poetry Festival Competition, finalist honors for both the Princemere Poetry Prize and the Tucson Festival of the Book Literary Award, and has been shortlisted for the Robert Frost Poetry Prize.
Her poems have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and have appeared extensively in journals and anthologies including Switchgrass Review, WSQ, Ink & Letters, Wild Word, and more. Her debut chapbook, Catch and Release, was published by Finishing Line Press. A graduate of Harvard, Linda leads poetry workshops, gives readings, and promotes poetry on the North Shore of Boston where she lives with her husband and daughter.
You can learn more about Linda at https://www.lindahaltmaier.com. To the Left of the Sun is available at Amazon.com and HomeboundPublications.com. We encouraged Linda to make her works and accomplishments known to the Peak community. We are proud of her and her profound ability to meaningfully reach the hearts and minds of her readers.