Part pilgrimage, part elegy, In June the Labyrinth is a book-length serial poem in which the main character, Elle, embarks on a quest to investigate not only the "labyrinth" as myth and symbol, but also the "labyrinth of the broken heart.
There was not any one issue that prompted the birth of this book. But a myriad of life issues that caused me to seek answers that would resolve or give me peace in those situations. Family issues, work issues and issues with who I was and how I was handling any given situation. My hope and prayer as you begin to read this book is that you feel a sense of this is just what I needed at this particular time. I pray that you are able to see yourself in these pages. During the process, I often heard, what makes you think you can write? What makes you think you have anything to say or that there is anyone who wants what you are offering? And then, I was reading People I met at the gates of heaven by Don Piper. In chapter two he wrote “What qualifies me to write this book? His answer was, I went there and I returned.” That’s my reason and authority. My answer is simply, I lived it and I returned me back to me. That’s my reason and authority. Be Blessed Y’all.
There was not any one issue that prompted the birth of this book. But a myriad of life issues that caused me to seek answers that would resolve or give me peace in those situations. Family issues, work issues and issues with who I was and how I was handling any given situation. My hope and prayer as you begin to read this book is that you feel a sense of this is just what I needed at this particular time. I pray that you are able to see yourself in these pages. During the process, I often heard, what makes you think you can write? What makes you think you have anything to say or that there is anyone who wants what you are offering? And then, I was reading People I met at the gates of heaven by Don Piper. In chapter two he wrote "What qualifies me to write this book? His answer was, I went there and I returned." That's my reason and authority. My answer is simply, I lived it and I returned me back to me. That's my reason and authority. Be Blessed Y'all.
Scheming Women charts a trajectory of American female poetic speakers from within a heterosexual lyric framework to bisexual and lesbian subjects outside that pervasive frame. In close readings of Dickinson, Moore, H.D., and Rich, the author makes a new argument about the division that permeates their poetic speaking subjects. Postulating a revolutionary female subject, she extends Julia Kristeva's theory of poetic language through an intertextual approach, and shows that these relatively advantaged female poets destructure the very poetic power they are able to assert. Hogue concludes that in not reproducing positions of dominance and privilege indicative of larger cultural trends, these key poets exemplify important alternatives to class, race, and gender hierarchies—persuasively demonstrating the promise of what she terms an ethical feminist poetic practice.
When the Water Came: Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina gathers the intimate recollections of eleven Louisiana and Mississippi residents and the unforgettable details of their lives during and after Hurricane Katrina. Their words, transformed by the poet's hand, are heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring stories of the human condition. Powerful black-and-white photographs of the participants and their surroundings create a lyrical conversation. Poet Cynthia Hogue and photographer Rebecca Ross convey the experience of a cross section of evacuees, their journeys from the Gulf Coast to the Arizona desert, and their efforts to make new lives. Through this combination of words and images, When the Water Came weaves a distinct narrative of Katrina and its aftermath. This book, an accounting of changed lives told in precise detail, allows us to see how the human spirit confronts and transcends trauma
Gale Researcher Guide for: On the Borders between Lyric and Language Poetry: Alice Fulton is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
We feature poems, short fiction and nonfiction by Cornelius Eady, Joy Harjo, TR Hummer, Karen Brennan, Cynthia Hogue, Patricia Spears Jones, Isaac Black, Julia Bouwsma, Melissa Tuckey, Sarah Browning, Teresa Mei Chuc, Aliki Barnstone, Demetria Martinez, Peggy Shumaker, Brenda Peterson, Nayantara Roy, Heather Cahoon & more. Edited by Pamela Uschuk
There was not any one issue that prompted the birth of this book. But a myriad of life issues that caused me to seek answers that would resolve or give me peace in those situations. Family issues, work issues and issues with who I was and how I was handling any given situation. My hope and prayer as you begin to read this book is that you feel a sense of this is just what I needed at this particular time. I pray that you are able to see yourself in these pages. During the process, I often heard, what makes you think you can write? What makes you think you have anything to say or that there is anyone who wants what you are offering? And then, I was reading People I met at the gates of heaven by Don Piper. In chapter two he wrote “What qualifies me to write this book? His answer was, I went there and I returned.” That’s my reason and authority. My answer is simply, I lived it and I returned me back to me. That’s my reason and authority. Be Blessed Y’all.
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