Woods Are on Fire: New and Selected Poems

by Fleda Brown Jackson and Fleda Brown

The Woods Are On Fire is Fleda Brown's deeply human and intensely felt poetic explorations of her life and world. Her account includes her brain-damaged brother, a rickety family cottage, a puzzling and sometimes frightening father, a timid mother, and the adult life that follows with its loves, divorces, and serious illnesses. Visually and emotionally rich, Brown's poems call on Einstein, Shakespeare, Sophocles, Law and Order, Elvis,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803294948
• ISBN13: 9780803294943
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"