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Ceremony for the Choking Ghost - by Karen Finneyfrock (Paperback)

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  • After losing her sister to heart failure, Karen Finneyfrock was unable to write poems for three years.
  • About the Author: Karen Finneyfrock is a poet, novelist and teaching artist from Seattle, WA.
  • 82 Pages
  • Poetry, American

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About the Book



After losing her sister to heart failure, Karen Finneyfrock was unable to write poems for three years. Her voice came back, whispering at first, then screaming. Ceremony for the Choking Ghost contains the sound of that voice returning, bringing poems about grief and its effect on the body, the body politic, memory and, of course, poems about love. From the intensely personal, How My Family Grieved, to the political, What Lots Wife Would Have Said (If She Wasnt a Pillar of Salt), Finneyfrock engages the reader with the chiseled images of a precise storyteller.



Book Synopsis



After losing her sister to heart failure, Karen Finneyfrock was unable to write poems for three years. Her voice came back, whispering at first and then screaming. "Ceremony for the Choking Ghost" contains the sound of that voice returning, bringing poems about grief and its effect on the body, the body politic, memory, and, of course, poems about love. Half poetry, half exorcism, her book calls to all of our ghosts.



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"Finneyfrock writes poetry with muscular verve and narrative push. The depth and breadth suggested in just a few polished images placed next to each other will make you reconsider what poetry can do . . . If you've never enjoyed poetry once in your whole life-if even the word "poetry" makes you want to fall asleep, or die-you should read Karen Finneyfrock's new book of poetry, Ceremony for the Choking Ghost." - Paul Constant, editor The Stranger

"...Finneyfrock's poems, then, are Shields's perfect novels: a shelf full of long, elaborate, heartfelt books that have been whittled down to their bare, sharp skeletons." - Paul Constant, editor "The Stranger"



About the Author



Karen Finneyfrock is a poet, novelist and teaching artist from Seattle, WA. Finneyfrock is the author of a 2010 Write Bloody poetry collection, Ceremony for the Choking Ghost. She is also the author of the young adult novel, The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door, which will be released by Viking Children's Books in 2013.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 82
Genre: Poetry
Sub-Genre: American
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Karen Finneyfrock
Language: English
Street Date: February 14, 2010
TCIN: 1003270418
UPC: 9780984251544
Item Number (DPCI): 247-11-4509
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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