{"product_id":"strong-feather-poems-paperback","title":"Strong Feather: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Reeser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eStrong Feather\u003c\/em\u003e, Jennifer Reeser revisits the salient themes of \u003cem\u003eIndigenous\u003c\/em\u003e-her acclaimed, award-winning preceding poetry collection. While the poems in \u003cem\u003eStrong Feather\u003c\/em\u003e reprise the exposition of a Native American heritage juxtaposed with a mixed European ancestry, many of them center on a Native American female character of the author's creation-a poet\/prophet\/warrior of sorts. Displaying a masterful command of form throughout, \u003cem\u003eStrong Feather\u003c\/em\u003e also includes personal poems, translations, and tales from Cherokee and other indigenous traditions. The result is a spellbinding and uniquely engaging collection of storytelling, mythmaking, and inspirational musings, energized by a keenly interrogated mixed-race heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnd of the winter, middle March, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaking, I find it beneath my quilt\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClinging to linens the hue of larch, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSofter and whiter than milk when spilt-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne petite feather. Its hollow \"hilt\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePointing toward me, is curved and long, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlightly translucent, and at a tilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow has this feather stayed so strong?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003cem\u003eSTRONG FEATHER\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I love most about Jennifer Reeser's poems is their swagger. Not conceit (there's none of that) but rather a delightful confidence in her art and in her judgments. Maybe that's communicated by the title of her new book, before we even get to the first poem. Can a feather be strong? You better believe it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-John Wilson, \u003cem\u003eEnglewood Review of Books + Marginalia Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Reeser's Strong Feather continues her personal legacy of applying classical technique to make another world visible. Like Countee Cullen of the Harlem renaissance, she is a master of rhyming forms that present life beyond the expected edges of formal verse. Witness the marvelous \"Shape Shifter,\" a Petrarchan sonnet like no other, or the stunning \"\u003cem\u003eThe Courier du Bois and the Savage\u003c\/em\u003e,\" an ekphrastic poem written as an English ode but conveying a modern message about equality. Her elegant use of rhyming couplets in \"White Lady\" concentrate the poem's illumination of contrasting lives. A hundred pages of such treasures will bring you lives you might not otherwise meet and pleasures you would otherwise miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Arthur Mortensen, \u003cem\u003eExpansive Poetry Online\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Reeser is the author of six collections of poetry, most recently, \u003cem\u003eStrong Feather\u003c\/em\u003e (Able Muse Press, 2022), and \u003cem\u003eIndigenous\u003c\/em\u003e (Able Muse Press, 2019), which was awarded Best Poetry Book of 2019 by \u003cem\u003eEnglewood Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e. Reeser's poems, reviews, and translations of Russian, French, along with the Cherokee and various Native American Indian languages, have appeared in \u003cem\u003ePoetry, Rattle\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eHudson Review, Recours au Poème, Light Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eFormalist\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eDark Horse, SALT, Able Muse\u003c\/em\u003e, and elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A biracial writer of European American and Native American Indian ancestry, Reeser was born in Louisiana and now divides her time between Louisiana and her land on the Cherokee Reservation in Indian Country near Tahlequah, Oklahoma, capital of the Cherokee Nation of which her family is a part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42721578876991,"sku":"9781773490885","price":28.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5d417fb773b9b9e96a4d29f77cf83bbf.webp?v=1765092854","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/strong-feather-poems-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}