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Title details for Pacific Power & Light by Michael Dickman - Available

Pacific Power & Light

Poems

by Michael Dickman
Michael Dickman
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The award-winning poet returns to his homeplace in the Pacific Northwest, where the neighborhood simmers with the chemical presence of human trouble and sparks of beauty coexist with danger.
This image-driven, sound-driven collection carries us to the working-class Portland neighborhood of Lents, where Dickman was raised by a single mother. Here, as a skateboarding boy practices his kickflip on the street, enlightenment simmers under the surface of both the natural world and the human constructions that threaten it. The rivers shrinking to a trickle, the unaddressed crisis of homelessness, the drug use in a local park: these run side by side with the efforts and structures of families, created mostly by working mothers, with their jumbled bottomless purses and full-time jobs; Dickman’s own mother worked at the power company of the title, PP&L. His exquisite, ultrareal narratives take us down through these layers, illuminating the way we’ve treated and should treat one another, seeking integrity and understanding in the midst of a broken world.

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  • Release date

    February 6, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780593824917
      • File size: 23697 KB
      • Duration: 00:49:22

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      This poetry collection draws, in both theme and imagery, on the minutiae of everyday life, particularly in the working-class neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon, where Michael Dickman grew up. His mother, who worked for the regional power company, has an especially strong presence, as you might expect in this largely autobiographical volume. The poems are not simple but, like all good poetry, will reward repeated listenings. The author's performance is clear and modestly expressive, although a deeper emotionalism would not do the work any harm. Yes, the poetry stands on its own quite well, but our appreciation of it would be increased by a greater sense of the author's intentions. D.M.H. © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

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