Spelling the World Backwards is a poignant account of a father dying from Alzheimer's disease and a mother's caretaking. Accessible narrative poems tell the story,though not in chronological order, of the father and a mother, their life together, their daughters and his dying--that slow pouring out of grief which accompanies Alzheimer's. Harrod uses Alzheimer's to explore the interrelationships of memory, loss and art in her lucid, well-wrought poems, which celebrate a father's life.
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"...brilliantly explores the terror of a father's Alzheimers. Her poetry mirrors the disease's unraveling syntax, weaving together loose strands of memory..." -- Poet Denise Duhamel, Florida International University
"One of the paradoxes of poetry is how it can be agonizingly centered in pain and simultaneously so beautiful..." --Writer and critic Susan Ludvigson
"One of the paradoxes of poetry is how it can be agonizingly centered in pain and simultaneously so beautiful..." --Writer and critic Susan Ludvigson
About the Author
Lois Marie Harrod is the author of five books of poetry in addition to Spelling the World Backwards: most recently, This Is a Story You Already Know (Palanquin l999), Part of the Deeper Sea (Palaquin l997), Crazy Alice (Belle Mead, l999 2nd ed.). She has been widely published in periodicals, and is a l992-93 and l998 winner of fellowship from New Jersey Council on the Arts. She teaches high school English and is the Supervisor of Creative Writing and the New Jersey Governor's School of the Arts.
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Lois Harrod is a remarkable poet. Her verse is deep. Her talking about her father's fading away is poignant and yet beautiful. It is worth your time.
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(Spelling the word world backwards-a difficult task even for those in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's-is a standard test to diagnose the disease.) Read the first page New!
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(Spelling the word world backwards-a difficult task even for those in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's-is a standard test to diagnose the disease.) Read the first page New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Every Twinge a Verdict by Lois M. Harrod in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Part of the Deeper Sea by Lois Marie Harrod in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- How Many (Pull 'N Push) by Alan Snow on page 34
- This Is a Story You Already Know (Palanquin Chapbook Series) by Lois Marie Harrod in Back Matter
- Crazy Alice by Lois Marie Harrod in Front Matter
- Concrete Wolf: Two Chapbook Issue by Lois Marie Harrod in Front Matter
- Spelling the World Backwards by Lois Marie Harrod in Front Matter
- Cool Women Poems, Volume Two by Eloise Bruce in Back Matter
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