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Catherine Jagoe

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Description:Catherine Jagoe was born in Britain and moved to the United States in 1986. She works as a translator and interpreter. Her translations include the Amnesty International award-winning Argentine novel My Name Is Light, published by Bloomsbury UK/US in 2003. She has translated numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction and is the author and coauthor of two books on Spanish literature and culture. She is a member of Lake Effect, a group of poets in Madison, Wisconsin. Her poetry has appeared in Rattle, Kalliope, Wisconsin Academy Review, Poem, Red Wheelbarrow, and other journals. She lives with her husband and son.Excerpt:Wisconsin Wedding PartyI took a quiet road that afternoon,a weekend city cyclist meanderingalong the river's course through corn and soyfields,pastures, woodland, hills, and on the wayI came across a woman standing alonein the concrete forecourt of a small town bar,clad neck to toe in tent-like royal blue polyester,her face alight with happiness,waving at the stout, retreating backsof a wedding party being borne away,full of hilarity, on a hay wagon,bride and groom standing up frontbehind a tractor belching diesel fumes,leaving the woman looking proudly after them,she who had probably looked after themall their lives, her folkmotoring off in the sun to the future.They took my route and there was no turning backso I kept pedaling slowly on behind themin the wake of laughter fizzing bright and guilelessas champagne. The tractor chugged deafeningly along,deceptively slow like the river, pulling them homein their tuxedos and bright dresses,jocular, elated, heedless, unabashed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Casting Off (Parallel Press Chapbook Series). To get started finding Casting Off (Parallel Press Chapbook Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Parallel Press

Release: 2007

ISBN: 1893311902

Description: Catherine Jagoe was born in Britain and moved to the United States in 1986. She works as a translator and interpreter. Her translations include the Amnesty International award-winning Argentine novel My Name Is Light, published by Bloomsbury UK/US in 2003. She has translated numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction and is the author and coauthor of two books on Spanish literature and culture. She is a member of Lake Effect, a group of poets in Madison, Wisconsin. Her poetry has appeared in Rattle, Kalliope, Wisconsin Academy Review, Poem, Red Wheelbarrow, and other journals. She lives with her husband and son.Excerpt:Wisconsin Wedding PartyI took a quiet road that afternoon,a weekend city cyclist meanderingalong the river's course through corn and soyfields,pastures, woodland, hills, and on the wayI came across a woman standing alonein the concrete forecourt of a small town bar,clad neck to toe in tent-like royal blue polyester,her face alight with happiness,waving at the stout, retreating backsof a wedding party being borne away,full of hilarity, on a hay wagon,bride and groom standing up frontbehind a tractor belching diesel fumes,leaving the woman looking proudly after them,she who had probably looked after themall their lives, her folkmotoring off in the sun to the future.They took my route and there was no turning backso I kept pedaling slowly on behind themin the wake of laughter fizzing bright and guilelessas champagne. The tractor chugged deafeningly along,deceptively slow like the river, pulling them homein their tuxedos and bright dresses,jocular, elated, heedless, unabashed.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Casting Off (Parallel Press Chapbook Series). To get started finding Casting Off (Parallel Press Chapbook Series), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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