Mixed States

by Ren Powell

Poetry. English/Norwegian edition. Can be purchased through the Norwegian publisher's website at www.wigestrand.no


"She writes of diverse subjects- a Palestinian poet, the flowering
shroud of a spinster, a murdered 17-year old Mexican girl.

... At the heart of this collection is "Red-eared Slider" ... This poem return to the speaker's childhood to contemplate the violent death of her brother..."


http://www.wigestrand.no/default.pl?s...

111 pages, Hardcover

First published January 9, 2004

About the author

Ren Powell is a poet and teaching artist. She is a native Californian – now a Norwegian citizen settled on the west coast of Norway.

Ren has been a member of The Norwegian Author’s Union since 2005 and has published six full-length collections of poetry and more than two dozen books of translations with traditional publishing houses. Her sixth poetry collection The Elephants Have Been Singing All Along was published in 2017 by Wigestrand forlag.

Her poetry collections have been purchased by the Norwegian Arts Council for national library distribution, and her poems have been translated and published in eight languages.

Ren is currently focusing on handbound poetry collections and mixed media experimentation as Mad Orphan Lit. She is an associate editor and feature writer for Poemeleon, and a Poetry Reader for the peer-reviewed journal Orange Blossom Review.