Description:
House of Jars weaves together three sequences of poems.
Brief description: Hester L. Furey is a poet and literary historian, a specialist in archival research and hidden histories. A native of south Georgia in the United States, she developed a rich sense of appreciation for the absurd from a very young age. Like many Southerners, she is constantly aware of the past in the present and lives in a world populated by the living and the dead. She began writing as a child, inspired by the journalists who investigated the Watergate scandal, her love of encyclopedias, and poetry's alchemical ability to transform personal experience into something of worth. She currently resides in Atlanta.
Review Quotes:
"...a multidimensional journey into history and psyche..."-Bryant O'Hara, author of The Ghettobirds
"The work Furey's doing in her House of Jars poem cycle is her most sophisticated and ambitious yet."- Steve Davenport, author of Bruise Songs