The Blizzard Voices
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Published:1st Sep '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
A collection of poems written from the voices of survivors of the January 1888 Nebraska blizzard.
A collection of poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of January 12, 1888. This book is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later.2007 Book Sense Poetry Top Ten selection
2007 Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award for Poetry, honoring Tom Pohrt (Illustrator)
This book is a collection of poems recording the devastation unleashed on the Great Plains by the blizzard of January 12, 1888. The Blizzard Voices is based on the actual reminiscences of the survivors as recorded in documents from the time and written reminiscences from years later. Here are the haunting voices of the men and women who were teaching school, working the land, and tending the house when the storm arrived and changed their lives forever.
“Bison Books has reissued Ted Kooser's Blizzard Voices, and fans of the poet will find it a must-have. In a collection that has been presented as reader’s theater, Kooser evokes the voices of different people—men, women, teachers, children—taken by surprise when the ‘Children’s Blizzard’ of 1888 swept across the Midwestern plains. . . . The book is short but powerful.”—Omaha World-Herald
“In just 64 pages, Kooser brings the people of the great blizzard back to life. You can feel the chill in these pages, hear the voices as if you and the speaker are huddled next to the stove, talking of recent events while the windows rattle in the January wind.”—Nebraska Life
“Kooser is a master of communicating through poetry. His clarity of structure and word choices makes poetry enjoyable and readable.”—Oklahoma News Weekly
“These stories are subtly powerful. Each imagined voice speaks with a stoicism which hit me with an eerie poignancy.”—Anne Fredrekson, Wapsipinicon Almanac
- Winner of Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (Poetry) 2007
ISBN: 9780803259638
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 91g
64 pages