Counterglow

Borrowing its title from astronomy, the counterglow is a faint light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the sun. Made up of interplanetary dust, this glow is difficult to detect unless one observes from a place without light. These lyric poems of Patricia Killelea speak from this darkness as she seeks a language of redemption- some kind of brightness to cling to, however faint. Spanning terrains of spiritual and literal hunger, where ecological and personal crisis intertwine, this collection is an unwavering affirmation of the power of words in the face of wordlessness.

About the author

Patricia Killelea (Xicana/Irish American) is the author of Other Suns (Swan Scythe Press, 2011). Originally from the Bay Area, California, she is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Northern Michigan University. She holds a Ph.D. in Native American Studies (2015) and an M.A. in Creative Writing (2008) from the University of California, Davis. She is poetry editor for the literary journal Passages North.

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Killelea, Patricia Killelea
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2019
• EAN: 9781988214245
• ISBN: 978-1-988214-24-5
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 104 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; USA, Poetry, POETRY / Native American, Indigenous Peoples, Poetry by individual poets, United States of America, USA, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, Poetry; Michigan; Midwest; American; Ecological