Another Creature: Poems by Pamela Gemin - Softcover

Gemin, Pamela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155728928X ISBN 13: 9781557289285

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press, 2009

Synopsis

Features poems that follow a woman through both her mistaken and wise ways.

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About the Author

Pamela Gemin teaches at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, and is author of the poetry collection, Vendettas, Charms, and Prayers. She is also the editor of three poetry anthologies: Sweeping Beauty: Women Poets Do Housework; Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation; and Are You Experienced?: Baby Boom Poets at Midlife. Her poems and anthologies have been featured on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Writer's Almanac. Her awards include literary fellowships from the Ragdale Foundation, the University of New Mexico, and the Wisconsin Arts Board.

From the Back Cover

A[aĴAIn her quietly ferocious poems, Gemin reminds us again and again of the essential strangeness that lies within the domestic. Her examinations of the quotidian always lead to surprising and pathos-laden reckoningsA[aĴawith the self, with the past, and with the manifold contradictions and menace that exist within contemporary culture.A[aĴA
A[aĴaDavid Wojahn, author of Interrogation Palace
A[aĴAPassion, hard drinking, bad-boy lovers, life lived on the brink of a dareA[aĴaall this flares like embers un-banked and newly fed as the speaker of these poems, a woman who A[aĴEhangs lace in her kitchen windowsA[aĴa[ and has reached a safer, more sedate middle-age, calls her past back into being. Another Creature
reminds us that we can remain, under the surface, the wild, hopeful, headstrong A[aĴEcreaturesA[aĴa[ of our youth.A[aĴA
A[aĴaLeslie Ullman, author of Slow Work Through Sand
A[aĴAWhat verve and gumption, what generosity in these poems! . . . GeminA[aĴa[s voice is bold and nuanced, her art supple and sure. She moves with utter grace through the sound track of adolescence into the music of midlife with its subtle complications, and she gives us a beatific vision of ourselves. Gemin is a gem of a poet and this book is a true gift.A[aĴA
A[aĴaBetsy Sholl, author of Rough Cradle

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 155728928X
• ISBN 13: 9781557289285
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100