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The Little Yellow House

by (author) Heather Simeney MacLeod

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2012
Category
Canadian, Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780773540217
    Publish Date
    Mar 2012
    List Price
    $19.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773586864
    Publish Date
    Mar 2012
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

"we, the living, collect the dead. / Fallen autumn leaves, crushed flowers between / the pages of books, photographs of moments / that can never be fully recovered or even / remembered" What have you forgotten and what have you lost? The Little Yellow House investigates recollection - searching for people and the objects that bind them to memory - to uncover the story or the small moment between people and things. Heather Simeney MacLeod explores masterpieces, biblical stories, scientific theories, notions of reincarnation, and engages them with the plain, the lucid, and yet vibrant characters that resound with significance and vigor. Her verse reveals the secrets we have always known but somehow misplaced, whispering, "And we waste, we squander / we misplace, we misremember, and we forget." Poised between incident and memory, MacLeod's poetry considers the stillness between reflection and forgetting. A spirited and remarkable collection, The Little Yellow House joins together everyday and extraordinary occasions to suggest that we remember and misremember more than we suppose.

About the author

Heather Simeney MacLeod has two previous collections of poetry, My Flesh the Sound of Rain as well as The Burden of Snow. Her poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and reviews have appeared in many journals and magazines. Her creative nonfiction piece, How to Discover the Various Uses of Things, was a finalist in the 2011 CBC Literary Awards. Heather is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Alberta in the Department of English and Film Studies.

Heather Simeney MacLeod's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"The Little Yellow House by Heather Simeney MacLeod is a vibrant, gem of a book, and MacLeod is a poet who certainly deserves wider recognition." Shawna Lemay, Edmonton Journal