The Light On The Wall Jen Ashburn

Her contemporary style is both easy to follow and engaging.

The light on the wall jen ashburn.

In the light on the wall jen ashburn powerfully depicts the fragility and complexities of childhood alongside the wonder of exploring and observing the world around us. Her work has appeared in numerous venues including the writer s almanac the macguffin and whiskey island. May 26 2019 cat russell rated it really liked it book review. In the titular poem ashburn uses description the evening light soaked everything.

Jen ashburn is the author of the light on the wall main street rag 2016. Jen ashburn s debut collection the light on the wall contains all of the psychological dynamism of a great novel in its examination of a woman s life from her small town indiana upbringing to her exploration of a much larger world far outside the circumscribed boundaries presented to her as a child. Jen ashburn s debut the light on the wall explores the question. This collection her first opens and closes with poems about her schizophrenic mother and dysfunctional family a frame around the author s life and travels.

Reprinted with permission from main street rag publishing company and jen ashburn. This video was recorded during the pennsylvania center for the book s event for. This is a poetry of memory but also of awakening written with great musicality a precise eye for image and a spirited tenderness. This week we ll look atthe light on the wall main street rag january 2017 by poet jen ashburn.

Jen ashburn author of the light on the wall. First published in nerve cowboy. She holds an mfa from chatham university and lives in pittsburgh.