Description

 

Lessons in Buoyancy

 

by Kristin Roedell

Lessons in Buoyancy is a book about women’s lives, and their transformation through time. Divided into three parts, The Maiden, The Mother, The Crone, it’s based upon the Celtic archetype of the Tri-Goddess. Each section contains poems that explore joy, loss, endurance, and continuing rebirth. The book recognizes the value of growing older, of embracing the “Crone”, (revealed here as a being of wisdom and grace), but it’s written for women of any age. If you’re a woman seeking to understand your journey, this book is for you. You will find a kinship of women who share the mystery of the Tri-Goddess; the author invites you to commune with them as you read these poems for a unique, life-altering experience.

Early Praise

“Kristin Roedell is one of today’s finest emerging poets; Lessons in Buoyancy is a lyrical exploration of the author’s journey from youth to elder, maiden to crone. Her work is both personal and universal, expressing hard truths through forceful imagery. Here the author explores girlhood, motherhood, the death of her own mother, and a lifelong face-off with mental illness. Few contemporary poets write about mental health issues with more perceptivity than Kristin Roedell. These poems—these women—matter; they are essential and irreplaceable. Lessons in Buoyancy is a lifeline, and a welcome tonic.”

 —JANA HARRIS, poet, novelist, essayist,Pushcart Prize winner, author of Horses Never Lie About Love

 

About the Author

Kristin Roedell graduated from Whitman College (B.A. English 1984) and the University of Washington Law School (J.D. 1987). She practiced family law for 10 years in the Pacific Northwest. Her poetry has appeared in over seventy journals, magazines and anthologies, including: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Switched on Gutenberg, Crab Creek Review, and Ginosko. She was the winner of the national NAMI Open Minds Quarterly Poetry Contest. Her book Downriver was a finalist in the Quercus Review Press Poetry Contest, and her book Lessons in Buoyancy was a finalist in the Blue Light Poetry Contest (as Crone Poems). She is the author of two chapbooks: Girls with Gardenias (Flutter Press) and Night Circus (Legal Studies Forum), plus a full-length collection: Downriver (Aldrich Press).