Fishing for Myth (MVP) by Heid E. Erdrich


Fishing for Myth (MVP)
Title : Fishing for Myth (MVP)
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ISBN : 0898231744
ISBN-10 : 9780898231748
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 70
Publication : First published April 1, 1997

Poetry. Native American Studies. "In this delightful collection, Heid E. Erdrich reveals the mythic encounter beneath our daily lives. We see in a new light the boyfriend, the childhood game, the losses we endured, the dog we longed for, all given us again with rich and moving language. This collection comes into the heart like the first snow of winter and the blazing green of spring buds. It makes you take stock of your life and feel glad for it all."—Roberta Hill, author of Star Quilt

Fishing for Myth (MVP) Reviews

  • Carmyn

    Because of my affinity for story, myth, legend, fairy tale I particularly enjoyed this collection. Because Erdrich and I share a geographical heritage I could relate to and recognize images and ideas in her poems and that is one of the pleasures of poetry. The connections.

    These are the ones I liked best of all:

    True Myth (p13)
    Origin of Poem (p14)
    Sweeping Heaven (p17)
    Breaking and Entering (p18)
    One Girl (p22)
    The Pond (p33)
    Fat in America (p35)
    Sweet Short (p40)
    Sex in the Desert (p41)
    Short Hand (p55)
    The Widow's Grove (p64)

    I am hope to read more of her work.

  • Lori Stoltz

    This is the book that made me really fall in love with Heid's words. I adore you, Heid!

  • Amy

    I love her later poetry so much that this 1997 book seemed a bit ordinary. The flashes of brilliance are there, but National Monuments (2008) and Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum for Archaic Media (2017) take it all the way.

  • Jacqueline Gordon

    Been a minute since a poetry collection genuinely gave me chills. The mythological world that Erdich dives into is at once beautiful and disorienting. This collection does the work of creating stories out of our life experiences and it is wonderfully detailed.

  • Stefanie

    I think I like Heid's poetry better than I like her sister's fiction.