Owning the Moon: Poetry - Softcover
In her final poetry collection, Linda Sillitoe transformed
ordinary events into thoughtful, funny, and
sharp commentaries on the human condition. A
mother painstakingly alters a dress for a beloved
daughter, and the “cloth and needle weave her daughter’s
dreams.” Later a daughter mourning her father’s
death remembers how “something vital vanished.”
From warning a friend against growing “spoiled
just a bit for ordinary men” to trying to “fit this
time among our dearest and darkest demons” when
moving back to Utah, Sillitoe reveals a world “where
poems hold such power,” and each stanza carries
multiple meanings.
Despite, or perhaps in conjunction with, life’s joy
and sorrow, Sillitoe’s verses reveal an unconventional
spirit determined to transcribe life’s experiences
in a manner that is both accessible and extraordinary,
ending with a promise to continue “scribbling
warranties in the sand. / Over time, we lose what we
own / and learn the motions that bring it back— /
like this moon, as caught, as wild, as we.”
ordinary events into thoughtful, funny, and
sharp commentaries on the human condition. A
mother painstakingly alters a dress for a beloved
daughter, and the “cloth and needle weave her daughter’s
dreams.” Later a daughter mourning her father’s
death remembers how “something vital vanished.”
From warning a friend against growing “spoiled
just a bit for ordinary men” to trying to “fit this
time among our dearest and darkest demons” when
moving back to Utah, Sillitoe reveals a world “where
poems hold such power,” and each stanza carries
multiple meanings.
Despite, or perhaps in conjunction with, life’s joy
and sorrow, Sillitoe’s verses reveal an unconventional
spirit determined to transcribe life’s experiences
in a manner that is both accessible and extraordinary,
ending with a promise to continue “scribbling
warranties in the sand. / Over time, we lose what we
own / and learn the motions that bring it back— /
like this moon, as caught, as wild, as we.”
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About the Author:
Until her death in 2010, Linda Sillitoe wrote as a voice for
Utahns, Mormons, and anyone in possession of a curious
spirit. Her work received awards from the Society of
Professional Journalists and the Associated Press, as well
as three Pulitzer nominations. With Allen Roberts, she
co-authored the best-selling Salamander: The Story of the
Mormon Forgery Murders. In addition, she taught writing
classes, worked for many years as a news reporter for the
Deseret News and Utah Holiday magazine, co-produced
the PBS documentary Native and American, and raised
three children.
Utahns, Mormons, and anyone in possession of a curious
spirit. Her work received awards from the Society of
Professional Journalists and the Associated Press, as well
as three Pulitzer nominations. With Allen Roberts, she
co-authored the best-selling Salamander: The Story of the
Mormon Forgery Murders. In addition, she taught writing
classes, worked for many years as a news reporter for the
Deseret News and Utah Holiday magazine, co-produced
the PBS documentary Native and American, and raised
three children.
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- PublisherSignature Books
- Publication date2017
- ISBN 10 1560852666
- ISBN 13 9781560852667
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages200
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