Description
Cheryl Savageau writes of poverty, mixed ancestry, nature, and family in poems that are simultaneously tough and tender, and salted with a rich folk humor from her Abenaki and French Canadian ancestry.
Author: Cheryl Savageau
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 07/01/1995
Pages: 78
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.51w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781880684306
ISBN10: 1880684306
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
Author: Cheryl Savageau
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 07/01/1995
Pages: 78
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 8.48h x 5.51w x 0.32d
ISBN13: 9781880684306
ISBN10: 1880684306
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
About the Author
Abenaki poet Cheryl Savageau has been awarded Fellowships in Poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, and three residencies at the MacDowell Colony. Her second book of poetry, Dirt Road Home, was a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. She was awarded Mentor of the Year by Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, as well as Writer of the Year (1997) for her children's book, Muskrat Will Be Swimming. Savageau also works as a textile artist, and her quilts have been exhibited at the University of New Hampshire in Durham.