James Harms is the author of eight other books of poetry. He chairs the Department of English at West Virginia University.

Books by James Harms:

Other poems on the web by James Harms:
Five poems
"The Gods"
"Accidental Happiness"
Eight poems
Two poems
Twelve poems
Two poems
Two poems

About Rowing with Wings:

"This is a somber masterpiece. I cannot remember when I have read a book of poems that so nakedly confronted heartache and did so with such intelligence and mastery."
—Lynn Emanuel

"The aptly titled Rowing with Wings engages deeply and honestly with that most basic of social units, the family. Here the tensions between the damage of romantic betrayal and the small sustaining joys of childrearing are fully inhabited. The questions these poems ask are large and universal."
—Jane Mead