Roughly For the North by Carrie Ojanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ojanen, Carrie, author.

Series:

The Alaska Literary Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry.

American poetry--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 pages)

Place of Publication:

Fairbanks, AK : [2018] University of Alaska Press,

Summary:

“I wish I were a dancer to let lines fall like that. / But I am dressed like you, roughly for the North.” Roughly for the North is a tender and complex portrait of an Arctic and sub-arctic world. Full of lush language and imagery, each poem is an act of devotion and love to one’s family and land. Carrie Ayaġaduk Ojanen weaves a moving portrait of grief, of the rippling effects of historical trauma on succeeding generations, of resilience in the face of adversity, of respect for the Alaska Native traditions she grew up in. With vivid imagery, she draws the reader into Northern life, where the spiritual and industrial collide. She uses formalism and lyrical free verse to explore the natural world and to conjure a place of staggering beauty that hides death around every corner. A member of the Ugiuvamiut tribe, Ojanen grounds her work in a web of familial relationships. Especially important is her connection with her grandparents, members of the last generation to make their home on Ugiuvak (King Island), Alaska. With heartfelt verse, her poems reflect the staggering cultural changes her grandparents faced and the way traditional art forms continue to unite her community and help them connect to the past.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Blue Cabin

All her Breath is Gone

The Soul's Silver Side is Speckled Black

AAKA

The Ghost of the Blind Berry Picker

AQPIK

Break the Dishes over her Barrow

Hagiography

Sixth Saint

Fifth Saint, Sixth & Seventh

Third Saint

The Berry Picker II

Second Saint

First Saint

First Saint (without Sound)

Remembering the Angels' Invisible Bodies

Caribou

Motion

The Soul is a

Someday this may apply to you too, so pay Attention.

The Seafood Plant

There is a Certain Slant of Light

It's Hard to Write on a Box

Helicopter Week at BLM

Moose hunt Clogyrnach

Catherine at Ten,

Another kind of Love Poem

Let the Buntings be our Valentine

Sestina

He Trimmed the Apple Tree.

Imiqmuit, from the Water,

Tiimiaq, Something Carried,

Catherine, at 18

Roughly for the North

Epilogue

Afterlife, III

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781602233638

1602233632

OCLC:

1020292574