Heartwood

Miriam Vermilya was a retired grade-school teacher and a well known painter and writer in Greenville, Ohio, where she lived. When she died unexpectedly in January of 1999, the Greenville Writers Group, of which she was a founding member, collected these poems into what became the winning manuscript of the 1999 Walt McDonald First-Book Competition in Poetry.

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Summary

Miriam Vermilya was a retired grade school teacher and a well known painter and writer in Greenville, Ohio, where she lived. This title includes poems that sum up Vermilyas reflections on her life, love, and marriage; the deaths of friends and family members; and, most poignantly, her own aging and death.

Product details

• Authors: Robert A. Fink, Miriam Vermilya
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2000
• EAN: 9780896724310
• ISBN: 978-0-89672-431-0
• No. of pages: 74
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 363 g
• Series: Walt McDonald First-Book Serie; Walt Mcdonald First-book Series in Poetry; Walt McDonald First-Book Serie; Walt Mcdonald First-book Series in Poetry; Walt McDonald First-Book Poetr
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama