Description
Poetry. Women's Studies. "Every poem in Diane Jarvenpa's new collection, THE WAY SHE TOLD HER STORY, has about it a molten rightness, a breathtaking beauty. Based on the voices and histories of Finnish women immigrants and their descendants, these works 'sing their spells' of grit and birch trees, love and loneliness, 'itchy oils' and friendship. Literary heir to the likes of Pattiann Rogers and Mary Oliver—representatives of the finest poets in the American naturalist tradition—Jarvenpa delivers her most magnificent collection to date, glorious in its knowledge of the natural world, brimming with know-how of the human heart. This book is a feast to the ear and tongue, a capture of what she herself calls the 'hunger in all of our voices.' It is a testimony in verse of what makes human beings go on. As such, it serves as a magnum opus of hope for us all, no matter our lineage."—Diane Raptosh
Author Bio
Diane Jarvenpa is the author of DIVINING THE LANDSCAPE (New Rivers Press, 1996), Ancient Wonders, the Modern World and swift, bright, drift (Red Dragonfly Press), and THE TENDER WILD THINGS (New Rivers Press) which received the Midwest Independent Publishers Association book award in poetry. Her latest book is THE WAY SHE TOLD HER STORY (New Rivers Press, 2017). She has received artist initiative and fellowship grants in writing and music from the Minnesota State Arts Board. She is a teaching artist with the Alzheimer's Poetry Project-MN. She is also a singer- songwriter who records under the name Diane Jarvi.
Author City: MINNEAPOLIS, MN USA