She Returns to the Floating World

She Returns to the Floating World  
Author(s) Jeannine Hall Gailey
Cover artist Rene Lynch
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Poetry
Publisher Kitsune Books
Publication date 1 July 2011
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 132 pp
ISBN ISBN 978-0982740927

She Returns to the Floating World is the title of a book of poetry that was written by Jeannine Hall Gailey and published by Kitsune Books in 2011. This collection, Gailey's second, deals with feminine transformations in the personae of characters from Japanese folk tales, anime, and manga.

Poems from the book were featured in Verse Daily,[1] and the haiku "august sky..." won an Honorable Mention in the 12th Mainichi Haiku Contest (2008).[2]

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Reviews

Critical reviews of She Returns to the Floating World have appeared in the following literary publications:

References

  1. ^ "Verse Daily: Advice Given to Me Before My Wedding". Verse Daily. http://www.versedaily.org/2011/beforemywedding.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
  2. ^ "The 12th Mainichi Haiku Contest". The Mainichi Daily News. http://mdn.mainichi.jp/features/haiku/etc/archive/contest2008.html. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
  3. ^ "Goodreads Choice Awards 2011". Goodreads, Inc.. http://www.goodreads.com/award/choice/2011#56614-Best-Poetry. Retrieved 2011-11-18. 
  4. ^ "FPA 2011 President’s Book Awards Winners" (PDF) (Press release). Florida Publishers Association, Inc.. 2011-11. http://www.floridapublishersassociation.com/2011-winners. Retrieved 2011-11-10. 
  5. ^ Barbour, Julie Brooks (2011). "Once I Believed the Stories Didn’t Have Endings: A Review of Jeannine Hall Gailey’s She Returns to the Floating World". Barn Owl Review. http://www.barnowlreview.com/reviews/gailey.html/. Retrieved 2011-11-25. "With her collection She Returns to the Floating World, Jeannine Hall Gailey has created a masterpiece. I do not say this lightly." 
  6. ^ Barnard, Gina (2011). "She Returns to the Floating World by Jeannine Hall Gailey". The California Journal of Poetics. http://www.californiapoetics.org/reviews/1402/she-returns-to-the-floating-world-by-jeannine-hall-gailey/. Retrieved 2011-07-28. "What echoes throughout Gailey’s work is the understanding and the desire to create alternate worlds when reality is chaotic." 
  7. ^ "Small Press Bookwatch". Midwest Book Review. 2011. http://www.midwestbookreview.com/sbw/oct_11.htm#Poetry. Retrieved 2011-10-7. "'She Returns to the Floating World' brings forth an unusual blend of influence and culture to poetry of a woman of the twentieth century who seen much and produces a product of it all." 
  8. ^ Carty, Jessie (2011). "Their Eyes Like Geodes". The Rumpus. http://therumpus.net/2011/07/their-eyes-like-geodes/. Retrieved 2011-07-28. "In She Returns to the Floating World, Gailey utilizes anime and other aspects of Japanese culture, such as its folklore and attitudes following The Bomb, as she puzzles through how to define she." 

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