When it Came Time (Paperback)

Jeri McCormick

ISBN 10: 1897648057 / ISBN 13: 9781897648056

Published by Salmon Poetry, Co Clare, 1998

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Paperback. These poems chronicle the family's wrenching migration from a long-envelope culture of farms and mines to the city, where they are viewed by their urban neighbors as outsiders. Change informs this journey from a backwoods legacy of the mule-drawn plough to the hustle of an anonymous assembly line. McCormick, who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, draws on childhood sensibilities to explore the powerful theme and to a language.This is her first book. of migration craft memory into a language. Jeri McCormick was born in the Kentucky Appalachians and grew up in Cincinnati, where her family moved to escape the mountain depression. These poems chronicle the family's wrenching migration from a long-evolved culture of farms and mines to the cit Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: When it Came Time (Paperback)
• Publisher: Salmon Poetry, Co Clare
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1897648057
• ISBN 13: 9781897648056
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Jeri McCormick was born in the Kentucky Appalachians and grew up in Cincinnati, where her family moved to escape the mountain depression. These poems chronicle the family's wrenching migration from a long-evolved culture of farms and mines to the city, where they are viewed by their urban neighbors as outsiders. Change informs this journey from a backwoods legacy of the mule-drawn plough to the hustle of an anonymous assembly line. McCormick, who lives in Madison, Wisconsin, draws on childhood sensibilities to explore the powerful theme of migration and to craft memory into a language. This is her first book.

About the Author

Jeri McCormick was born in the Kentucky Appalachians and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She was the recipient of a 1997 Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship, funded by the National Endowment for the Ar ts. Following a year in Dublin earlier in the decade, she returns annually to Ireland. In 1994 she was a prize-winner in the Boyle Arts Festival Poetry Competition. She is currently at work on a manuscript inspired by a visit to the Famine Museum at Strokestown, Co. Roscommon. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin and teaches creative writing.