{"product_id":"horsefly-dress-poems-paperback-softback-9780816540938","title":"Horsefly Dress; Poems (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816540938","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHorsefly Dress\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoems\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHeather Cahoon (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816540938\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 September 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e88 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 0.6 cm, 0.132 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Heather Cahoon is a descendent of Horsefly Dress, a daughter of Coyote. \u003c\/i\u003eHorsefly Dress\u003ci\u003e is a book of poems that urges us to connect with the brutality and hope of the past and the future through memories, dreams, visions, and meditations.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e — Natalie Peeterse, author of\u003ci\u003e Dreadful: Luminosity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Heather Cahoon’s collection, \u003c\/i\u003eHorsefly Dress\u003ci\u003e, reminds us once again of the wisdom in our elders’ storytelling, the relevancy to our here and now, our always. Cahoon’s is the avian language of the thoughtful Plains poets.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e— James Thomas Stevens, author of \u003ci\u003eA Bridge Dead in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In ten years of reviewing new books of poetry for Pulsar, Cahoon’s is the most powerful and challenging I have encountered [...] She uses dreams and unflinching accounts of painful memories to create poems that resonate between worlds, spare in structure, yet rich and complex.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e - Pulsar Poetry Webzine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorsefly Dress\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on the experience and beauty of suffering, questioning its triggers and ultimate purpose through the lens of historical and contemporary interactions and complications of SÉliŠ, QĺispÉ, and Christian beliefs. Heather Cahoon's collection explores dark truths about the world through first-person experiences, as well as the experiences of her family and larger tribal community. As a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Cahoon crafts poems that recount traditional stories and confront Coyote's transformation of the world, including his decision to leave certain evils present, such as cruelty, greed, hunger, and death.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy weaving together stories of Cahoon's family and tribal community with the those of Coyote and his family, especially Coyote's daughter, Horsefly Dress, the interactions and shared experiences show the continued relevance of traditional SÉliŠ and QĺispÉculture to contemporary life. Rich in the imagery of autumnal foliage, migrating birds, and frozen landscapes, Horsefly Dress calls forth the sensory experience of grief and transformation. As the stories and poems reveal, the transformative powers associated with the human experience of loss belong to the past, present, and future, as do the traditional Salish-Pend d'Oreille stories that create the backbone of this intricate collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607699681560,"sku":"9780816540938","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/horsefly-dress-poems-paperback-softback-9780816540938","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}