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Overwinter
A debut collection from an exciting new voice in Alaska poetry, Overwinter reconciles the natural quiet of wilderness with the clamor of built environments. Jeremy Pataky’s migration between Anchorage and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park inspires these poems that connect urban to rural. This duality permeates Overwinter. Moments are at turns fevered or serene. The familial and romantic are measured against the wildness of the Far North. Empty spaces bring both solace and loneliness in full. Past loves haunt the present, surviving in the spaces sculpted by language.
- GenresPoetry
81 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 2015
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August 24, 2020
There is a spaciousness to these poems that captures the possibilities of relationships (human and otherwise) that couldn’t happen anywhere but the place where they are, and evokes a really surprising nostalgia for me. Lovely.
January 12, 2025
Pataky’s style is at once evocative and ephemeral, depicting scenes with such raw clarity and depth that one must question if they have ever truly observed anything. Highly immersive, serene, and intimately felt. Having read both this and Gabby Hanna’s debut poetry collections, I’m confident they cancel each other out entirely — leaving me at net zero poetry.
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