Julia Kasdorf
Auteur van Sleeping Preacher
Over de Auteur
Julia Kasdorf is an associate professor in the department of English at the Pennsylvania State University.
Fotografie: Courtesy of Messiah College.
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1962-12-06
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Opleiding
- New York University (Ph.D.|Creative writing)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Pushcart Prize (Poetry, 2004)
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Besprekingen
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 9
- Ook door
- 4
- Leden
- 159
- Populariteit
- #132,375
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 18
There are moments where Kasdorf focuses in specifically on Mennonite history and cultural trauma, and those are probably the most striking moments in the work. She is a gifted essay writer, smoothly melding together memoir, history, poetry, and supposition, but at many points, the essays are almost too objective and logical to be as potent as I would have expected, given her poetry.
All together, I enjoyed the read. At the same time, though, it came across as more academic than conversational or narrative, and I simply expected more based on my experience with her poetry. However, if you're looking for essays on Mennonite identity or artists, literary authority, or cultural identity, this may very well be a collection worth picking up.… (meer)