This book braids two lyric narratives: the daring, creative, passion-fueled life of the artist Georgia O’Keeffe, told in perona poems; and the author’s account of a month spent living alone in a primitive cabin to write these poems, with no electricity or phone, 40 miles from the nearest town and 5 miles by foot from the nearest neighbor. A narrative-driven collection that reads like a novel, this book delves into issues of creativity, feminism, and relationships, while allowing a reader to travel to turn-of-the last century New York City; the wilds of Canyon, TX; and the New Mexico high desert of the 1930s and today.*Jacobs plans on a wide-ranging tour to support her debut collection. Key cities include her current hometown of Little Rock, AR. She has also lived New York, NY and San Francisco, CA; and will also concentrate on O’Keeffe-related cities in New Mexico, Texas, and Wisconsin. She will be touring with her wife, the poet Nickole Brown.
These vibrant persona poems tell O'Keeffe's story in the artist's voice in an unexpectedly intimate way.
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This book braids two lyric narratives: the daring, creative, passion-fueled life of the artist Georgia O’Keeffe, told in perona poems; and the author’s account of a month spent living alone in a primitive cabin to write these poems, with no electricity or phone, 40 miles from the nearest town and 5 miles by foot from the nearest neighbor. A narrative-driven collection that reads like a novel, this book delves into issues of creativity, feminism, and relationships, while allowing a reader to travel to turn-of-the last century New York City; the wilds of Canyon, TX; and the New Mexico high desert of the 1930s and today.*Jacobs plans on a wide-ranging tour to support her debut collection. Key cities include her current hometown of Little Rock, AR. She has also lived New York, NY and San Francisco, CA; and will also concentrate on O’Keeffe-related cities in New Mexico, Texas, and Wisconsin. She will be touring with her wife, the poet Nickole Brown.
These vibrant persona poems tell O'Keeffe's story in the artist's voice in an unexpectedly intimate way.
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A biography-in-poems of Georgia O'Keeffe, interwoven with the poet's lyric accounts of a solitary month in a primitive desert cabin. A narrative-driven collection that reads like a novel, this book delves into issues of creativity, feminism, and relationships, while exploring turn-of-the last century New York City and the New Mexico high desert of the 1930s and today.
"Georgia O'Keeffe's remarkable life and work inspired this poetic meditation on everything from the pleasures and pains of love to the transformations that time works on an individual. And just as the artist distilled the essence of her subject matter, abstracting from flowers and bones, landscapes and clouds, a vivid story of her walk in the sun, so Jessica Jacobs discovers a vibrant music rooted in portraiture. 'How little it takes/ to make home unfamiliar,' she writes. And home in this stunning book turns out to be the entire universe. Make yourself comfortable. There is so much to taste and see."--Christopher Merrill, Necessities and From the Faraway Nearby: Georgia O'Keeffe as Icon
Awards
Winner of New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards (Poetry) 2015
Critic Reviews
“What is often called ”
"'inspiration' in art is, more accurately, obsession: it is what gives life to language, as Jessica Jacobs' obsession with the artist Georgia O'Keeffe makes these pages breathe and O'Keeffe a living voice and presence. Interwoven with these sharply incised, vibrant, and painstakingly researched poems are lyric prose accounts of the author's own time alone in the desert, drawing these poems and a deepened awareness out of this accompanied solitude."--Eleanor Wilner, Reversing the Spell: New and Selected Poems "In her eloquent poems, Jessica Jacobs artfully intertwines her own voice with Georgia O'Keeffe's words in this poet's exploration of the painter's sensitivity, aesthetics, character, and courage."--Laurie Lisle, Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe
About the Author
Jessica Jacobs received her MFA from Purdue University. An avid long-distance runner, she has worked as a rock climbing instructor, bartender, Editor of Sycamore Review, Acquisitions Editor, and now as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Hendrix College in Conway, AR.
A biography-in-poems of Georgia O'Keeffe, interwoven with the poet's lyric accounts of a solitary month in a primitive desert cabin. A narrative-driven collection that reads like a novel, this book delves into issues of creativity, feminism, and relationships, while exploring turn-of-the last century New York City and the New Mexico high desert of the 1930s and today. "Georgia O'Keeffe's remarkable life and work inspired this poetic meditation on everything from the pleasures and pains of love to the transformations that time works on an individual. And just as the artist distilled the essence of her subject matter, abstracting from flowers and bones, landscapes and clouds, a vivid story of her walk in the sun, so Jessica Jacobs discovers a vibrant music rooted in portraiture. 'How little it takes/ to make home unfamiliar,' she writes. And home in this stunning book turns out to be the entire universe. Make yourself comfortable. There is so much to taste and see."--Christopher Merrill, Necessities and From the Faraway Nearby: Georgia O'Keeffe as Icon
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