The Backwaters Press presents\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Jody A. Zorgdrager\u2019s new book:\u00a0Of Consequence.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Marianne Boruch:<\/p>\n Through the dark of childhood and the illness of aging parents, through the mystery of insects and roses and gulls, in places both ordinary and odd, this poet enters beauty \u2014 its pain and release \u2014 with equal fearlessness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Julia Kasdorf:<\/p>\n In Dutch, \u201cZorgdrager\u201d means \u201cone who carries another\u2019s burdens,\u201d and that notion becomes a principle of poetics in this surprising and fine collection of poems forged from everyday life. Reading, we share in the cruelty of children, the brutality of chemotherapy, and the grace of a routine visit to the dentist. Zorgdrager\u2019s eye consistently transforms ordinary details into matters of consequence, and her voice\u2014intimate, colloquial, genuine\u2014articulates the drama in and beyond small moments. Gorgeously crafted and wise, these are poems to carry and to share.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Steve Orlen:<\/p>\n What is our destiny and what controls it? In some of these powerfully affective poems, the overriding factor is character; in others, what we inherit from our ancestors and both are mitigated by happenstance and will. The genre is the dramatic lyric, musical, and driven by an exquisitely fluent syntax. The lens is Time itself, as past and future combine in the dramatic moment to give the largest scope to the lives under this poet\u2019s eye. Paradox is what gives perspective here, and in its mysterious way, offers something like consolation: \u201cmost of what we thought we knew\/is now reversed, and what once\/had seemed absurd, in time, seems normal, \/ makes sense, becomes our vital miracle\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I\u2019m thrilled to announce that my friend, the imaginative and talented poet Jody A. Zorgdrager, is going to be reading from her new book, Of Consequence, on Friday, November 7, at 7:30PM.<\/p>\n Come join me at The University Heights Community Center Auditorium, located at 5031 University Way NE, in Seattle (on the second floor of the Community Center).<\/p>\n A book signing and dessert reception will follow.<\/p>\n For more information, call 425-483-9659<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n For those interested, books may be purchased at the reading for a discounted price of $15.00 (cash or check only, please). They also may be ordered from amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com, after November 1, 2008.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n Complimentary parking is available in the Community Center parking lot; no pass is needed after 5 PM. There is also street parking available nearby.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Backwaters Press presents\u2026 Jody A. Zorgdrager\u2019s new book:\u00a0Of Consequence. Marianne Boruch: Through the dark of childhood and the illness of aging parents, through the mystery of insects and roses and gulls, in places both ordinary and odd, this poet enters beauty \u2014 its pain and release \u2014 with equal fearlessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":90581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[96,2498,2499,273],"class_list":["post-40872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-events","tag-jody-zorgdrager","tag-of-consequence","tag-poetry"],"yoast_head":"\n