Borrowing its title from astronomy, the counterglow is a faint light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the sun. Made up of interplanetary dust, this glow is difficult to detect unless one observes from a place without light. These lyric poems of Patricia Killelea speak from this darkness as she seeks a language of redemption-- some kind of brightness to cling to, however faint. Spanning terrains of spiritual and literal hunger, where ecological and personal crisis intertwine, this collection is an unwavering affirmation of the power of words in the face of wordlessness.

Author: Patricia Killelea
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Urban Farmhouse Press
Published: 02/25/2019
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.17d
ISBN: 9781988214245

About the Author
Killelea, Patricia: - Patricia Killelea (Xicana/Irish American) is the author of Other Suns (Swan Scythe Press, 2011). Originally from the Bay Area, California, she is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Northern Michigan University. She holds a Ph.D. in Native American Studies (2015) and an M.A. in Creative Writing (2008) from the University of California, Davis. She is poetry editor for the literary journal Passages North.