World's Largest Ball of Paint - Paperback

by Charlie Peck (Author)

2022 St. Lawrence Book Award Winner

Charlie Peck's debut collection WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF PAINT began with a world record. Through a series of fragmented narrative poems, WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF PAINT navigates place and self, memory and remembering. Peck uses a cast of characters and poetic form to reckon with the past and the present, layer by layer.

Author Biography

Charlie Peck grew up in Omaha, Nebraska and received his MFA from Purdue University. His poetry has appeared previously in Cincinnati Review, Ninth Letter, Massachusetts Review, and Best New Poets 2019, among others. His first collection, WORLD'S LARGEST BALL OF PAINT, is the winner of the 2022 St. Lawrence Book Award from Black Lawrence Press.