Sandra De Helen

Broschiertes Buch

Desire Returns for a Visit

Intimate Poems about Lesbian Love

Beschreibung

"[Sandra de Helen's] book of poems is a great way to read a truthful, witty, poignant memoir about lesbian love." ~Judy Grahn, Ph.D., poet, writer, trailblazer "I didn't need to read beyond the first line of the first poem in Sandra de Helen's collection Desire Returns to know I'd be loving this book: "Wearing makeup is as unnecessary as / painting crickets." What a fanciful imagination. What a cohesive, splendidly ordered body of work. It's not often I find poems that speak so directly of and to my lesbian heart. Love poems all, even when love kicks and confuses, this poet portrays the lesbian core. Nor does de Helen speak to lesbians only. The universality of love, erotic desire, heartbreak, romantic struggle, all are here. From the poem "Donations" comes this lovely metaphor: "My pail of dreams has been tipped out." She allows her gentle humor free reign, as in a poem about falling for cast-off lovers. Sandra de Helen is a fine poet, by turns earthy, erotic, ethereal, funny, a lesbian herstorian, a lover, a beloved. Her poems will be loved as well." ~Lee Lynch, novelist, essayist, short story writer, trailblazer

Autor

Sandra de Helen published her first poem at the age of fourteen. Her English teacher, Janice Wallace, submitted the poem to a teacher's magazine and surprised Sandra with a copy in print. The poem was about abortion, which was illegal at the time (and may be again soon in this country).In her twenties, Sandra published a few poems in newspapers, which spurred her to take a Creative Writing Class at the local community college. The [male] professor predicted she would never make a good poet because she didn't "write like a man." The next year she joined the women's movement and turned to writing plays. Forty years later, she picked up Sage Cohen's book, Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry, and resumed writing poems like a woman. Sandra also writes novels, essays, theater reviews, and a weekly newsletter.Sandra is a long-time resident of Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her daughter, chickens, and cats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Launch Point Press
• Seitenzahl: 134
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 133mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 160g
• ISBN-13: 9781633042025
• ISBN-10: 1633042022
• Artikelnr.: 60486076