Jennifer Burd

Fringe

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Produktbeschreibung

With language that cuts to the bone, the poems in Jennifer Burd's Fringe offer portraits of those on the ragged edges of modern society. Among these poems, readers will find a homeless man's story of being mugged; an immigrant woman's quest for her GED so she can leave the stifling confines of her husband's house; the plea of a developmentally disabled man for someone to teach him to read; and prison inmates' longings for acceptance. Letting images and stories speak for themselves, this collection brings into full view the desperation, resilience, and creativity of those who are routinely overlooked or actively brushed aside by mainstream culture. The lyric poems, framed with dictionary fragments, quotes on social inequalities, and haiku by Burd, put the reader in the spaces - inner and outer - of the marginalized.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Finishing Line Press
• Seitenzahl: 44
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 70g
• ISBN-13: 9798888382097
• Artikelnr.: 68111810

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Burd is author of two previous full-length books of poetry, Days Late Blue and Body and Echo, and a chapbook with CD, Receiving the Shore, of some of her seasonal poetry set to music by Laszlo Slomovits, She is also author of a book of creative nonfiction, Daily Bread: A Portrait of Homeless Men & Women of Lenawee County, Michigan. Her work has appeared in numerous online and print journals and anthologies. She received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Washington and has taught literature at Jackson Community College, Jackson, Michigan, and creative writing through The Loft Literary Center, Minneapolis.