The Mouth of Home - Softcover

Moon, Janell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965701522 ISBN 13: 9780965701525

Publisher: Arctos Press, 1999

Synopsis

Poetry. Janell Moon's is an absolutely original voice. With wicked humor and a compassionate eye, Janell deftly tackles the conundrums of family, lesbian love, aging. She brings to her writing the raw, risky honesty that only a strong poet can. Roaming from her girlhood in a small Ohio town, to dreams after a friend's suicide, to the tricky balance on a San Francisco hillside, she confronts the fractures of identity and how we make our place in the world --Dorthy Wall. When morning broke, there was a moment/ when light and dark shone in balance/ and if we really focused,/ we could see what was left,/ what was worthy. (The Burning).

About this title

About the Author

Janell Moon is the author of three collections of poetry: "Woman With a Cleaver", "Lesbian Speaker's Bureau" and "Snakeskin Boots." She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has won prizes in the Villa Montalva, The Randall Jarrell, and the Red Rock poetry contests and was winner of the Salt Hill Journal contest, among others. Her poems have appeared in "Sinister Wisdom, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Frontiers", and many others. Some anthologies include: "Lesbians Raising Sons," "From Wedded Wife to Lesbian Life," " Unbound" and "Beyond Definition."

A long time San Francisco resident, Moon has a private practice as a hypnotherapist and teaches writing classes at SF City College and The College of Marin. She ia a graduate of Ohio University and co-founder of Sunday's Child, a San Francisco art and writing salon.

Review

"Janell Moon's poetry unwraps the mysteries of the ordinary. It is at once familiar, and full of surprises. She shows us, again and again, that indeed we can get there from here." -- Diane di Prima

"The poetry contained here shows us a poet's desire to honor her creative life in the midst of all that crowds her and as a result we, as readers, find fresh new ways to give sway to our own imaginations. We also learn valuable lessons about the everyday battle to stay true to oneself, past and present, old world and new, and fashion a life which responds to it all." -- Toni Mirosevich, "The Rooms We Make Our Own", 'Firebrand Books'

Janell Moon's is an absolutely original voice...She brings to her writing the raw, risky honesty that only a strong poet can....these poems will leave you wanting more from this fine poet." -- Dorothy Wall, co-author of 'Finding Your Writer's Voice: A Guide to Creative Fiction"

About this edition

• Publisher: Arctos Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0965701522
• ISBN 13: 9780965701525
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 63