"In Elaine Reardon's book, Look Behind You, there are images of food that string like beacons throughout the book, wonderful foods from two cultures, the speaker's Armenian grandparents on one side, and her Irish grandmother on the other. In the poem "Refugees from Endearments" the Armenian grandfather "...tended gnarled quince trees, attempted mulberries and silkworms" while her grandmother "simmered okra with lamb on the cookstove." In another poem, "Nan" her Irish grandmother gives her a tin to use while picking ...
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"In Elaine Reardon's book, Look Behind You, there are images of food that string like beacons throughout the book, wonderful foods from two cultures, the speaker's Armenian grandparents on one side, and her Irish grandmother on the other. In the poem "Refugees from Endearments" the Armenian grandfather "...tended gnarled quince trees, attempted mulberries and silkworms" while her grandmother "simmered okra with lamb on the cookstove." In another poem, "Nan" her Irish grandmother gives her a tin to use while picking blueberries. Her family also gives her the gifts of myth and story. There is a teller of fortunes with coffee grounds, faeries, a banshee, and Halloween spirits. Readers will find themselves satiated with tastes and smells, and myths and fables gleaned from an American childhood enriched with deep roots in both cultures." Lori Desrosiers typing with e.e. cummings Sometimes I Hear the Clock SpeakPublisher, Naugatuck River Review and Wordpeace.co.
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