Rock Candy

by Jenifer Rae Vernon

These narrative and lyric poems describe the contours of life in a Pacific Northwest logging town and the bittersweetness that grows there. They also convey the polyvocal experience of growing up in a multigenerational family, with voices from the past joining those of the present.

The first section, "Miserywhip Years," refers to the long handheld saw used by two people to cut down large trees and consists of stories of the logging camps...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981669360
• ISBN13: 9780981669366
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: West End Press
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 8.8"