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Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions [Paperback]

Magdalena Ball (Author), Carolyn Howard-Johnson (Author)
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March 17, 2010
As part of the special celebration gift book series, Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Magdalena Ball have produced a new poetry chapbook focusing on fathers, husbands, and men in general. This makes a wonderful gift for Father's Day or anytime you want to say something unique in a way that only poetry can to a special male in your life.

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  • Paperback: 42 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace (March 17, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 144997774X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449977740
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Imagining the Future: Ruminations on Fathers and Other Masculine Apparitions (Volume 1), March 22, 2010
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Authors Magdalena Ball, and Carolyn Howard-Johnson open the doorway of memory through words echoing thoughts, and feelings on fathers that are so strong they can be touched and heard through voiceless memories that forever cling to us all. Words unspoken between parents and children are uttered in these poems of pain, love,and always truth.

Kim McMillon, playwright, producer, and host of the blogtalkradio show
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5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating, May 12, 2010
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From the heroic to the mundane, the poems in this book are a beautiful tribute to all fathers. The imagery these two authors create with their words is profound and unique. Each poem took me to a new place and all sparked a vivid memory. These two gifted authors paint a vivid portrait on these pages. True magic.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Poetry of Our Fathers, March 28, 2010
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The fathers and father figures in our lives finally get treatment in poetry beyond angry abandonment rants. Carolyn Howard-Johnson and Magdalena Ball sketch portraits of military fathers and grandsons contemplating the Founding Fathers' legacies lost on much of the youth, uncles whose bookshelves resemble ours, blind grandfathers who still see pigeons, fathers-in-law who use food as a character measuring stick, fathers who collect medleys of music blursounds, and daughters who sift science, maps and artifacts trying to decipher their fathers, and most of all, the chimaera or virtually-enhanced image of the father versus the real and sometimes painful human bond.

Fathers inhabit dragonflies and give birth to cosmic phenomena. Ball and Howard-Johnson explore the spectrum of fathers, from the galactic and godlike to the poignantly microscopic details of daily life. In lyrical fashion, Ball and Howard-Johnson prove that fathers are more than just the
pipe-smoking Fathers Knows Best or the hapless all-thumbs caricatures of modern sitcoms. Their poetry and images are in our DNA and our hearts.
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