Susan Woods Morse

Broschiertes Buch

Quilting the Loose Edges

Beschreibung

In Quilting the Loose Edges, Susan Woods Morse honors the travelers and the quilters in her family. These poems illustrate generations of journeys-her grandparents' migration from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl to the oil fields in Texas, then up and down the west coast to settle in California's San Joaquin Valley, mirrored against her own journey from California to Maine and back west again to settle in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Like a quilt, this collection is a tapestry stitched together-a landscape of the places she has known and the people she has loved. ------------------- "Morse showcases a true talent for imbuing the smallest human details with authenticity and layered meanings...both intellectually stimulating and emotionally engaging, written with clear eyes and an open, curious heart." -John Sibley Williams, author of The Drowning House "[W]e can feel the grit, the biting winter cold, the hope for a new spring...these poems form a well-blocked legacy, leaving behind their long threads of forgiveness." -Marilyn Johnston, author of Before Igniting "The poet's relocations and family relationships are necessarily individual, but they connect with a larger story of Americans' migrations over the past century, and their particulars will reverberate with those of many readers' lives." -Eleanor Berry, author of Works of Wildfire "Part memoir, part love song, part elegy, part travelogue, this collection journeys beyond any common foundation." -Nancy Christopherson, author of The Leaf

Autor

Susan Woods Morse has a Masters degree in Literacy Education. She taught ELA at the middle school level for many years before retiring in 2016. Born in California, she transplanted to the backwoods of Maine for thirty years, before finally moving to the Willamette Valley in Oregon to be closer to her family. There, Susan served on the board of the Oregon Poetry Association and had her first chapbook, In the Hush, published by Finishing Line Press in 2019. Her work has appeared in various journals such as Cream City Review, The Mom Egg, Sixfold, Cirque, Willawaw Journal, Aji Magazine, VoiceCatcher, Verseweavers, Wood Cat Review, and The Poeming Pigeon. Her poem,"Of Plates and Poets, A Somewhat Ars Poetica" was an NFSPS 1st place winner of the New York Poetry Forum Award in 2021. Susan is a member of the Mid-Valley Poetry Society and often reads her work during Salem Poetry Project and Head for the Hills events. She enjoys gardening, camping, and just "being out there" in nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Poetry Box
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 237g
• ISBN-13: 9781956285376
• ISBN-10: 1956285377
• Artikelnr.: 68262367