Kathleen Holliday

Putting My Ash on the Line

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this debut chapbook by Pacific Northwest poet, Kathleen Holliday, the reader is introduced to a voice sharpened by experience and imbued with a passion for words. As the title suggests, these twenty-nine well-crafted poems combine word-play and wit, history, myth ("The Wine-Dark Sea") and literature ("Ms. Havisham," "A Great White") to explore such themes as love, loss, family, place, and heritage. She can find the comic in the tragic ("Going For the Jocular"), the tragic in daily life ("Post-Impressionism") and take delight in extending a metaphor ("The Joy of Text"). Despite their brevity, many of the shorter poems ("Thanksgiving," "The Bounty") pack a punch. A member of her writers group describes Kathleen as a poet who writes 'with a literary sophistication combined with a wacky sense of humor.' The majority of the poems gathered here first appeared in print and online journals and one anthology; three of the poems, were poetry contest place winners.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Finishing Line Press
• Seitenzahl: 46
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 204g
• ISBN-13: 9798888382424
• Artikelnr.: 68175784

Autorenporträt

Described by a family member as a "high-functioning bibliopath," Kathleen Holliday is most likely to be found reading and writing. Her first chapbook, Putting My Ash on the Line, was published by Finishing Line Press (2020). Her poems have appeared in many literary journals including The Bellingham Review, Cathexis Northwest Press, New Ohio Review, Nimrod International Journal, Poet Lore and SHARK REEF Literary Magazine. A graduate of Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN, Kathleen lives on an island in the Salish Sea in Washington State. For more, see: https://www.kathleenholliday.com.