Helena Minton is the author of the poetry collections The Canal Bed, The Gardener and the Bees, and The Raincoat Colors. The director of a public library for many years, she lives north of Boston. Paris Paint Box: New and Selected Poems brings together over forty-five years of poetry by Helena Minton. The book opens with a sequence about the life and work of the French impressionist painter Berthe Morisot. Additional new poems focus on everyday moments and meditations on the past. In selections from her previous work, poems touch on family, gardens, New England history and landscapes, and the Alaska wilderness. In a quiet but determined voice, the poet draws the reader into her world with direct, spare language and a keen eye to detail.