She Returns to the Floating World
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0982740921 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Gailey is, quite simply, one of my favorite American poets; and She Returns to the Floating World is her best collection yet." --Terri Windling, writer, editor, and artist ("The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" series, "The Armless Maiden," "The Endicott Studio"). SHE RETURNS TO THE FLOATING WORLD is a book about transformation that examines two recurring motifs in Japanese folk tales and popular culture: "the woman who disappears" and the "older sister/savior." Many of the poems are persona poems spoken by characters from animé and manga, mythology, and fairy tales, like the story of the kitsune, or fox-woman, whose relationships are followed throughout the book. "I deeply admire the skill with which Jeannine Hall Gailey weaves myth and folklore into poems illuminating the rea
. She lives near Seattle with her husband and admits to still enjoying comic books and anime. She volunteers as an editorial consultant for Crab Creek Review. About the AuthorJeannine Hall Gailey is the author of Becoming the Villainess (Steel Toe Books, 2006) and She Returns to the Floating World (Kitsune Books, 2011.) Her work has been featured on NPR's The Writer's Almanac, Verse Daily, and in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in journals like The Iowa Review, The Seattle Review, and Prairie Schooner
She lives near Seattle with her husband and admits to still enjoying comic books and anime. . She volunteers as an editorial consultant for Crab Creek Review. Jeannine Hall Gailey is the author of Becoming the Villainess (Steel Toe Books, 2006) and She Returns to the Floating World (Kitsune Books, 2011.) Her work has been featured on NPR's The Writer's Almanac, Verse Daily, and in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror. Her poems have appeared in journals like The
An Amazing, Satisfying, & Surprisingly Poetry Collection that Mixes Myth with Real Life K. Russell I have been a fan of Jeannine Hall Gailey's work since chapbook, Female Comic Book Superheroes and her first collection, Becoming the Villainess as Jeannine writes about subjects other poets are not exploring in their work. Her work is smart, surprising, and always with a feminist edge. This new collection continues with these admirable traits but moves into new territory with a focus on Japanese folktales. What I love about this new collection is how it continually stretches past themes and subjects, constantly mixing pop-culture with myth with relationships with the body with real. "Beatuiful, witty, relevant!" according to Debbie Scott. If you are familiar with Jeannine Hall Gailey's work this description does not surprise you. Ms. Gailey has a magical way of combining classical mythology with pop culture sensibility. In doing so, she illuminates the relevance of these old themes and stories in our lives today. Her poems have the power to change the way I see the world. They expose hope and despair as fundamental human conditions - through time and culture. They allow me to feel connected to the past and and also see the magical potential of today.. "Jeannineration" according to Jeff Ripley. "She Returns to the Floating World is truly fresh, revitalizing, incomparable--much the way Jackson Pollock's drip paintings were to his generation."