My Father and the Astros - Maceira, Karen
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My Father and the Astros tells the story of a girl in a family of troubled men and how their troubles affected her as she grew up in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Maceira chronicles, in these lyric poems, a journey from childhood innocence through trauma to survival and resilience. The book reveals the deeper effects of addiction, prison, and suicide on the family members of those afflicted, a topic not often enough addressed. From difficult beginnings, Karen Maceira has managed to earn an MFA at Penn State in midlife and has had over 40 poems, essays, and reviews published in well-known journals.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
My Father and the Astros tells the story of a girl in a family of troubled men and how their troubles affected her as she grew up in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Maceira chronicles, in these lyric poems, a journey from childhood innocence through trauma to survival and resilience. The book reveals the deeper effects of addiction, prison, and suicide on the family members of those afflicted, a topic not often enough addressed. From difficult beginnings, Karen Maceira has managed to earn an MFA at Penn State in midlife and has had over 40 poems, essays, and reviews published in well-known journals.
Autorenporträt
A native of New Orleans, Karen Maceira holds an M.F.A. from Penn State. One of eleven graduate students chosen nationally to participate in a past Ruth Lilly Poetry Convocation, she has poems published in numerous journals such as Blackbird, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Louisiana Literature and The New Orleans Review. Her reviews have appeared in several journals, The Harvard Review among them, and her essays can be found in the Hollins Critic and the Journal of College Writing. She currently teaches English in a suburb of her hometown.