Here From Somewhere Else

by Judith Arcana

Winner, 2015 Turtle Island Editor’s Choice Chapbook Award.According to Jennifer Richter, author of the poetry collections Threshold and No Acute Distress , " Here From Somewhere Else , Judith Arcana’s gorgeous new collection, has movement at its core. Many of these poems are fueled by questions—questions that generate a powerful urgency and contribute to the book’s compelling internal momentum. A curious voice and generous heart guide us through Arcana’s geographical and emotional landscapes; I was delighted but not surprised that here, love gets the very last word."

34 pages, Paperback

Published December 21, 2015

Reviews

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Oregon writer. Is it the air, the water, the trees or what that inspires so many Northwestern scribes? I love this book of poetry. Arcana has a beautiful style, poetic yet accessible. Many of the poems here are about water, light, trees, and birds and how they come together. “Light Falling Here” begins, “Just now, on the early morning river/every spangle is a bird/flashing tiny wings of light; the sun has thrown a sheet of hammered gold/over the slow skin of dawn river . . .” She touches too on her dying father and her own aging in this Turtle Island Quarterly prize-winning chapbook that gives us just a taste of her lovely work.