Next Time You Come Home - Paperback
by Lisa Dordal
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Black Lawrence PressISBN-13:9781625570536ISBN-10:1625570538UPC:9781625570536Book Category:Poetry, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Personal Memoirs, LGBTQ+Book Topic:FamilySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SC9FK9VW91
In NEXT TIME YOU COME HOME, Lisa Dordal distills one hundred eighty letters she received from her mother over a seventeen-year period into short, meditative entries that reflect upon motherhood, marriage, grief, the beauty of the natural world, same-sex relationships, and the passage of time.
" A newly recovered trove of letters is the source material for Next Time You Come Home, but the collection's true genius lies in the communion of mother and daughter across time. In distilling her late mother's letters to their loving essence, Lisa Dordal focuses not on the " nighttime mother" who drank until her speech was slurred but on the vibrant, nurturing " daytime mother" who taught her how to love the world. This is a radical compassion that heals, offering understanding without excuses or justifications, love without benchmarks or conditions. From its haunting title onward, Next Time You Come Home is an utter original." - Margaret Renkl
" A newly recovered trove of letters is the source material for Next Time You Come Home, but the collection's true genius lies in the communion of mother and daughter across time. In distilling her late mother's letters to their loving essence, Lisa Dordal focuses not on the " nighttime mother" who drank until her speech was slurred but on the vibrant, nurturing " daytime mother" who taught her how to love the world. This is a radical compassion that heals, offering understanding without excuses or justifications, love without benchmarks or conditions. From its haunting title onward, Next Time You Come Home is an utter original." - Margaret Renkl
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Black Lawrence PressISBN-13:9781625570536ISBN-10:1625570538UPC:9781625570536Book Category:Poetry, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Subjects & Themes, Personal Memoirs, LGBTQ+Book Topic:FamilySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.32 inchesWeight:0.4Product ID:SC9FK9VW91
Lisa Dordal holds a Master of Divinity and a Master of Fine Arts (in poetry), both from Vanderbilt University, and she currently teaches in the English Department at Vanderbilt. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the recipient of an Academy of American Poets Prize and the Robert Watson Literary Prize. Her poetry has appeared in a variety of journals, including Best New Poets 2015, Cave Wall, CALYX, Vinyl Poetry, The Greensboro Review, Nimrod, Sojourners, and The Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.
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