
Virga
Jennifer Houle(Author)
Signature Editions (Publisher)
Published on 1. April 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-1-77324-046-6 (ISBN)
Description
"Virga refers to a cloud formation often seen on the horizon, when rain begins to fall but evaporates before reaching the ground, only to fall again when the time is right. Likewise, the poems gathered here, written over a period of roughly twenty years, between the ages of 20 and 40 - many revised with a slightly wiser eye-- explore what it means to develop an identity while continuously regrouping, reformulating oneself, reacting to prevailing conditions, and retaining autonomy in a sea of "rhythmic lies and half-truths." Through the medium of poetry, Houle converses with her younger self, performing a kind of rescue job, bridging years through poetic reflection."--
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77324-046-6 (9781773240466)
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Person
Jennifer Houle grew up in Shediac, New Brunswick. Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals over the past ten years. Her work has won several awards, including the J.M. Abraham Poetry Award and Alfred G. Bailey Prize for The Back Channels. A lifelong East Coaster, she now lives in Hanwell, NB with her family.