Gailmarie Pahmeier

The House on Breakaheart Road: Poems

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Produktbeschreibung

This breathtaking collection of poems by award-winning Nevada poet Gailmarie Pahmeier explores the many facets of a woman's experience. Told largely through the voice of a fictional character, ""Emma,"" the poems display a range of moods, from tender to wry, ironic, tough, lyrical, reckless. Pahmeier's voice is uniquely her own—strong, profoundly wise, rich in humor and subtlety, utterly feminine. She understands how women live, how they love, and what they need. Ultimately, she teaches us ""what comes of it, of love.

Produktdetails

• Western Literature and Fiction
• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• Seitenzahl: 72
• Erscheinungstermin: März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 6mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 118g
• ISBN-13: 9780874173130
• ISBN-10: 0874173132
• Artikelnr.: 22188773

Autorenporträt

Gailmarie Pahmeier teaches creative writing and literature in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Reno. In 2007, she was honored with a Governor's Arts Award by the Nevada Arts Council for “Excellence in the Arts.” Pahmeier is recognized for her art and poetry. Her works include With Respect for Distance and What Emma Loves published by Black Rock Press and The House on Breakaheart Road published by the University of Nevada Press. Pahmeier has also received the Chamber Memorial Award, the Paumonok Poetry Award, a Witter Bynner Foundation Poetry Fellowship, two Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowships and the Silver Pen Award from the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame. Pahmeier has received the Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award and the University Distinguished Teacher Award.