No Sweeter Fat Poems by Nanct Pagh purchase this book from Autumn House Press purchase this book from Amazon.com Winner of the 2006 Autumn House Poetry Prize, selected by Tim Seibles

This first collection of poems is full of good humor, playfulness, and pathos. From the laments of a "fat girl" to the explorations of sexuality of marginalized groups, to the natural world of the Northwest that permeates these poems Nancy Pagh's voice is, poem by poem, good company. And this editor cannot resist the poet's tree of choice as a resting place: "After I die / take me to a madrona." where decaying body parts (like poems?) are allowed to "scatter" on the earth as the tree itself does shedding its bark. — Jeremy Voigt

Nancy Pagh was born and raised on Fidalgo Island in Anacortes, Washington. Before earning Master’s degrees in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of New Hampshire, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of British Columbia, she worked in the scientific publications unit of the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in Seattle. She teaches English and Canadian Studies at Western Washington University and lives in Bellingham. Nancy’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including Poetry Northwest, Crab Creek Review, Rattle, Grain, Pontoon, The Bellingham Review, Room of One’s Own, B.C. Studies, Stories with Grace, and Rock Salt Plum. At Home Afloat, her study of women’s travel language at sea, was co-published in 2001 by the University of Idaho Press and the University of Calgary Press. No Sweeter Fat, selected by Tim Seibles as the winner of the 2006 Autumn House Prize, is her first collection of poems.