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- Winner of the 2025 L. E. Phillabaum Poetry Award Shimmering to the pulse of the unseen, By Stone and Needle circles like a compass needle around the figure of the witch.
- About the Author: Catherine W. Carter is the author of three previous poetry collections, most recently Larvae of the Nearest Stars, two chapbooks, and a co-translation of John Gower's Middle English poem The Lover's Confession.
- 128 Pages
- Poetry, Women Authors
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"Shimmering to the pulse of the unseen, By Stone and Needle circles like a compass needle around the figure of the witch. Catherine Carter concocts a book of secular spells and incantations for engaging with, and meditating upon, a world in which all things are connected, in which symbol slides into literal, spirituality into science, exact observation into lamentation and love. The poems in By Stone and Needle spin connecting threads between night sweats, witch drownings, creation stories, pedicures, goddesses-and, especially, between miraculously interconnected ecosystems and the forces that threaten them. Speakers encompass personae including lactobacilli bacteria, bodily yeasts, and the classical witch Medea, while elsewhere a contemporary version of the goddess Artemis appears in Appalachia. Carter's poetic vision imbues everyday moments such as putting on a coat, piercing an ear, confronting racism and patriarchy, or eating onion slices with a new definition of magic as "the human thing.""--Book Synopsis
Winner of the 2025 L. E. Phillabaum Poetry Award
Shimmering to the pulse of the unseen, By Stone and Needle circles like a compass needle around the figure of the witch. Catherine Carter concocts a book of secular spells and incantations for engaging with, and meditating upon, a world in which all things are connected, in which symbol slides into literal, spirituality into science, exact observation into lamentation and love. The poems in By Stone and Needle spin connecting threads between night sweats, witch drownings, creation stories, pedicures, goddesses--and, especially, between miraculously interconnected ecosystems and the forces that threaten them. Speakers encompass personae including lactobacilli bacteria, bodily yeasts, and the classical witch Medea, while elsewhere a contemporary version of the goddess Artemis appears in Appalachia. Carter's poetic vision imbues everyday moments such as putting on a coat, piercing an ear, confronting racism and patriarchy, or eating onion slices with a new definition of magic as "the human thing."Review Quotes
"In these superb poems, Catherine Carter reveals another world, centered in nature, with a visual and verbal attentiveness that feels not so much observed as conjured, summoned in all its richness and mystery. As much as I admire Carter's previous volumes, By Stone and Needle takes her poetry to a greater and singular level of craft and insight. Brilliant."--Ron Rash
About the Author
Catherine W. Carter is the author of three previous poetry collections, most recently Larvae of the Nearest Stars, two chapbooks, and a co-translation of John Gower's Middle English poem The Lover's Confession. Her work has also appeared in Poetry magazine, Ploughshares, RHINO, and Best American Poetry.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .4 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 128
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: Women Authors
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Catherine W Carter
Language: English
Street Date: July 1, 2025
TCIN: 1003464919
UPC: 9780807185070
Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-0910
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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