Rain, Wind, Thunder, Fire, Daughter: Poems - Paperback
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Rain, Wind, Thunder, Fire, Daughter: Poems - Paperback
$17.00
by H. G. Dierdorff (Author)
2022 Betsy Joiner Flanagan Poetry Prize winner
Rain, Wind, Thunder, Fire, Daughter is a story about leaving religion and coming of age in a world of accelerating climate apocalypses and environmental loss. In her debut collection of poems, H. G. Dierdorff interweaves an investigation of wildfires in Eastern Washington with a personal account of growing up in Christian fundamentalism, calling our attention to the violent histories undergirding both. "I want you to touch the fire / sparking from my lips" the opening sonnet commands, daring the reader to abandon the safety of analytical distance and draw near to the moment of ignition itself. The voice that emerges is incessant, ecstatic, explosive. Fire erupts from every page, multiplying into rage, desire, judgement, responsibility, and renewal. A love song to the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a dramatic portrait of a daughter struggling to find her place in her family, and a philosophical exploration of the limits of language and belief, this collection demands the necessity of both pleasure and grief as responses to a world on fire.Author Biography
H. G. Dierdorff earned her MFA from the University of Virginia. She is the recipient of the 2022 Dogwood Literary Award for poetry, the 2022 Daniel Pink Memorial Poetry Prize, and a Vermont Studio Center Fellowship. Her writing has appeared in journals such as Cut Bank, Arkansas International, About Place, and Willow Springs.
Number of Pages: 80
Dimensions: 0.31 x 8.51 x 5.57 IN
Publication Date: December 03, 2024
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