e. smith sleigh

Quote:

"do not approach poetry on your tiptoes

approach it with thundering

steps and take it for your own"

-- e. smith sleigh

BIO

e. smith sleigh won recognition for her writing in the US and abroad. She now lives in Robert Penn Warren country where she draws inspiration. Sleigh wrote eight published poetry collections. Her latest work is entitled About the House. She is a published poet, blogger, memoir, fiction and non-fiction writer.

She won award designations in several literary and academic competitions including Eastern Kentucky University’s academic journal Nine Patch: A Creative Journal for Women and Gender Studies.

sleigh was nominated for her state's 2013-14 poet laureate.

Her poetry book, An American Still Life, published by Artistrie and Associates,

appeared on the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry List 2016

e. smith sleigh is a pioneer in narratives and blogs concerning post-structuralism

she was one of the first poets on the internet to write about post structuralism and how it influences literature.

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Poetry books written by e. smith sleigh:

* About the House

it's not what one might think, it's about being in lockdown, the ordinary and the extraordinary, and the aftermath, it's About the House

there’s a sound of rushing

and the clamor of all things

that occurred

my home and I

are exhausted

* An American Still Life award-winning poetry describing the American experience today you will experience poignant,

accurate descriptions of life in the US with an uplifting ending

* Catch a Lover Falling triumphal, poetic descriptions of love relationships wrapped in love, pleasure and sorrow

* Catch a Lover Falling Part II a love relationship that grows, wavers, then grows again

* Jack or In Those Days Jack Henry Claire was Not That Rare Jack is that guy you said yes or hopefully no to, during the

years when your trust in love was growing, or disappearing

* OUR NATURE: External Landscapes nature comes riding through our senses on moonbeams or star streams and we feel the moment. "For Our Nature, I was inspired by my desert surroundings at the time during the writing of several poems in this collection."

* These Things are a One Thing these are the things that appear in your life and make you go wwwhhhaatt

* Musings from the Fault line After Dark poems about life occurrences that are seismic enough to leave you with a

few take-a-ways

* 9 Lines for Emily Dickinson Who was Emily Dickinson really in love with and why did she receive such a harsh, lifelong

punishment for her love?

sleigh's Non Fiction Book:

* Post structuralism and Related Quotes: from Jacques Derrida, Judith Kristeva and Others

these quotes are most of the quotes that initially intrigued sleigh about post structuralism and its

potential to set the stage for a good future for humankind and their endeavors

Sleigh's Fiction book, an historical fiction novel:

* Sibbe's Way

a saga about a 4th Century Northern European people who were overwhelmed by empirical invasion and attempts at

conversion to another belief system. Heroism and tumultuous love woven into a tale of life lived in northern Europe

before the Conversions. This historical thriller is a supercharged saga about a young tribal counselor, Embla, and a

captured thrall who is returned home. He is a northern European who Embla calls Puer. Their wills clash just as their

regions and cultures collide. They are caught up in the declining days of the older culture. Embla recounts the story

about Sibbe to her descendant, Isabel. Embla was everything early northern Europe was -- young, fiery, exciting. Get

ready for the knowledge, the power, the thrill. She will take you there.

Sleigh's Fictional Memoir:

* Verity is Relative: Emma's Memoir

This book is a fictional memoir comprised of both poetry and narrative prose. It is a half-fiction, half-memoir, new-style

novella that is a very sexy story about a love affair between Emma and Luke that spans time, continents, marriages,

children, careers and leaves them in pursuit of information about the history of their families

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" sleigh entertains us by creating scintillating words about new found love . A post-structural theorist might talk about

her playfulness of language. She reshapes and molds her surprising passages and engages us with challenging new

ideas and concepts as she presents them, one word after another tumbling, rocking, spinning -- enticing the reader to

join her on a journey of the mind and heart."

-- Lyn Plihal, international literary review

Blog: http://esmithsleigh.weebly.com/

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Poetry and Literature Blog:

http://esmithsleigh.weebly.com/

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"What is Post structuralism?"

Post structuralism is considered a philosophical school of thought. It grew out of, and in response to, the philosophy of Deconstruction. Post structuralism is also a reaction to Structuralism. Many of the pivotal post-structural thinkers were critical of Structuralism. Scholars associated with structuralism, such as Roland Barthes, also became noteworthy in the Post-structuralism conversation. Their writings also contribute to the postmodern and post-structural dialogue. Although not recognized in some circles because of its call for modification of the human world's antiquated or useless structures, Post-structuralism is one of the major driving forces in literature, philosophy and theory today.

Quote from sleigh's Post structuralism and Related Quotes

"I would like to write you so simply, so simply, so simply.

Without having anything ever catch the eye, excepting yours alone,

. . . so that above all the language remains self-evidently secret,

as if it were being invented at every step, and as if it were burning immediately"

-- Jacques Derrida,

The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond

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You'll never forget:

sleigh's poetry collections and her

Memoir: VERITY IS RELATIVE

Historical Fiction: SIBBE'S WAY

Non-fiction Book: POST STRUCTURALISM AND RELATED QUOTES: from Jacques Derrida, Judith Kristeva, and Others

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