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Kathleen Flenniken

    Kathleen Flenniken scoprì la poesia in età più avanzata, dopo una carriera come ingegnere civile e idrologa. Le sue raccolte approfondiscono il tessuto della vita domestica quotidiana, la storia familiare e il complesso passato della sua città natale, compresa la sua eredità nucleare. Possiede una voce distintiva che esplora temi di identità, memoria e l'intricato rapporto tra esperienza personale ed eventi storici. Flenniken eccelle nell'elevare l'ordinario nel regno dell'urgente, trasformando i lettori nelle figure centrali delle proprie narrazioni in evoluzione.

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    Post Romantic
    • Post Romantic

      • 104pagine
      • 4 ore di lettura

      In her wide-ranging third book, poet Kathleen Flenniken undertakes the difficult task of re-seeing what is before us. Post Romantic fuses personal memory with national and ecological upheaval, interweaving narratives of family, nuclear history, love of country, and a dangerous age moving too fast. Flenniken takes these challenging moments―bits and pieces of childhood, marriage, cultural touchstones―and holds them up to the light, seeking comfort in a complicated world that is at once heartbreaking, confounding, and dear.

      Post Romantic
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      Poems

      • 80pagine
      • 3 ore di lettura

      Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the poems explore the profound impact of living near the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. Kathleen Flenniken reflects on her childhood experiences and the environmental devastation revealed decades later, juxtaposing personal loss with collective denial. The work grapples with themes of betrayal, identity, and the struggle to reconcile painful truths, as Flenniken confronts her own memories and the legacy of radiation exposure that affected her community and her friend’s family.

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