Description
Poetry. Women's Studies. LGBT Studies. "Here is poetry of witness and vision, haunted by personal ghosts and those of history. Part lyrical travelogue, part oracular choiring, FLUCHT unfolds in perfect imperfect rhythm: swans in Poland bear memories of snow into a black canal, white owls wait in the birch trees of Siberia, a mother brings her newly–adopted Russian daughter into an American Miracle Mart. There's a sober mistrust of redemption here, yet an abiding solace in the silence which surrounds all, and Matthees mines this, stunningly, transforming everything in her view. 'The moon has / shed her clothes after all because / it was just an agreement, language.'"—Joni Wallace
Author Bio
Michelle Matthees is a graduate of the University of Minnesota's MFA program in Creative Writing. She has received grants and awards from The Jerome Foundation, The Minnesota State Arts Board, The Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, AWP, and other arts organizations. When not traveling, she lives on the shore of Lake Superior in Duluth, Minnesota with the prose poet Julie Gard. She is currently at work on a book of poems about institutionalization.
Author City: Duluth, MN USA