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Natural Disasters
Natural Disasters is the first poetry collection from Andrea MacPherson. It explores memory and history, asking if it is possible to inherit the past and the generational complexities that come along with it. Stories of lost sisters and marriages based on card games combine with the immediate and personal responses to wild fires and collapsed schoolhouses. The collection is also concerned with place, from the dry land of the interior of British Columbia to the rugged beauty of the west coast shoreline. These settings affect not only language and mood, but tangible links to the past, the dusky valleys and planks stained with fish blood. Here, the tragic mingles with the everyday, allowing shadowy figures and hazy memory to once again become real.
- GenresPoetry
85 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2007
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About the author
Andrea MacPherson
9 books30 followersAndrea MacPherson, poet and novelist, is the author of six books: three novels, What We Once Believed, Beyond the Blue, and When She Was Electric, and three poetry collections, Ellipses, Away, and Natural Disasters. Her poetry has been anthologized in the UK publication, How the Light Gets In.
When She Was Electric was listed No. 6 on CBC Canada Reads: People’s Choice; Natural Disasters was longlisted for the 2008 ReLit Awards. Andrea holds an MFA from the Creative Writing Department at the University of British Columbia, where she was Editor of Prism International. She has also acted as the Reviews Editor for Event Magazine. She teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of the Fraser Valley.
When She Was Electric was listed No. 6 on CBC Canada Reads: People’s Choice; Natural Disasters was longlisted for the 2008 ReLit Awards. Andrea holds an MFA from the Creative Writing Department at the University of British Columbia, where she was Editor of Prism International. She has also acted as the Reviews Editor for Event Magazine. She teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of the Fraser Valley.
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May 29, 2013
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With so many teenagers writing badly written poems to express angst, it's getting harder and harder to find poetry I love. Especially since I constantly compare to the likes of E.E. Cummings, Robert Frost, and Edgar Allan Poe (to name drop a few).
Andrea MacPherson may not be mistaken from Edgar Allan Poe, but she is a powerful poet of modern times. It has been a long time since I found any poetry writer witty, genuine, and interesting. Her poems hold depth and are very clever.
If you're looking for a good poetry book, this is it. The only complaint I have of this entire novel is it's horrible cover art, but we can forgive that given the beautiful rhymes inside.
Note: I received this book free from the author. The review was my opinion and was not required to be a positive review.
With so many teenagers writing badly written poems to express angst, it's getting harder and harder to find poetry I love. Especially since I constantly compare to the likes of E.E. Cummings, Robert Frost, and Edgar Allan Poe (to name drop a few).
Andrea MacPherson may not be mistaken from Edgar Allan Poe, but she is a powerful poet of modern times. It has been a long time since I found any poetry writer witty, genuine, and interesting. Her poems hold depth and are very clever.
If you're looking for a good poetry book, this is it. The only complaint I have of this entire novel is it's horrible cover art, but we can forgive that given the beautiful rhymes inside.
Note: I received this book free from the author. The review was my opinion and was not required to be a positive review.
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