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A child is very ill; there is a hospital. . . . The subject is as basic as a bowl and a nail, wood and a house, and a house on fire. —Fanny Howe, from the introduction

House and Fire is a mother''s love song to her stricken young son, written over the years of his hospitalizations for an acute immune disorder. Maria Hummel is a poet of dazzling formal mastery, whose eerie, radiant lyrics and stories evoke the pediatric ward, California life, and the immortal, endangered world of childhood. This unforgettable debut was selected by Fanny Howe.

From House and Fire:

for thirty-three years

I didn''t make anything

with my body

and thenyour brother

and thenhe sickened

watching him sleephooked to tubes

an empty envelopeinside me

fills each dawnwith one long love letter

by night

it''s mostly apology

A former Wallace Stegne

House and Fire Apr Honickman 1st Book Prize

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    A Paperback by Maria Hummel, Fanny Howe

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      Publisher: The American Poetry Review
      Publication Date: 12/5/2013 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780971898127, 978-0971898127
      ISBN10: 097189812X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A child is very ill; there is a hospital. . . . The subject is as basic as a bowl and a nail, wood and a house, and a house on fire. —Fanny Howe, from the introduction

      House and Fire is a mother''s love song to her stricken young son, written over the years of his hospitalizations for an acute immune disorder. Maria Hummel is a poet of dazzling formal mastery, whose eerie, radiant lyrics and stories evoke the pediatric ward, California life, and the immortal, endangered world of childhood. This unforgettable debut was selected by Fanny Howe.

      From House and Fire:

      for thirty-three years

      I didn''t make anything

      with my body

      and thenyour brother

      and thenhe sickened

      watching him sleephooked to tubes

      an empty envelopeinside me

      fills each dawnwith one long love letter

      by night

      it''s mostly apology

      A former Wallace Stegne

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