Poised for Flight - Driscoll, Rosie Prohías

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Résumé :
Rosie Proh?as Driscoll was enthralled from an early age by the family stories recounted by her mother, grandmother, and great aunts about their lives in Cuba before the family was exiled to the United States. At the same time, she felt a void left by the untimely death of her father and the lost connection to his family who stayed on the island. In her debut poetry collection, Poised for Flight, Proh?as Driscoll excavates these family roots to uncover a poignant story of loss and resurrection spanning five generations. In the telling, she cultivates trees and intertwines branches where her children - and the readers of her poems - can find shelter and firm footing for flight.

Biographie:
Rosie Proh?as Driscoll is a Cuban-American educator and poet. The daughter and granddaughter of Cuban exiles, she writes about themes of identity and exile, loss and renewal, grief and grace. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications, including Acentos Review, Mas Tequila Review, Literary Mama, Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art, SWWIM Every Day, Sin Fronteras/Writers Without Borders, Pensive: A Global Journal of Spirituality and the Arts, and Gyroscope Review, and she was a finalist for the 2020 Orison Poetry Prize. Raised in Miami, Florida, she received a bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University and a master's degree in English and Comparative Literature from Emory University. She teaches high school English in Alexandria, Virginia, where she lives with her husband, their greyhound, and a host of ancestral spirits who keep her rooted and grateful. When not teaching or writing, she relishes spending time with friends and family and researching her family tree. Poised for Flight is her first full-length poetry collection.

Sommaire:
Rosie Proh?as Driscoll was enthralled from an early age by the family stories recounted by her mother, grandmother, and great aunts about their lives in Cuba before the family was exiled to the United States. At the same time, she felt a void left by the untimely death of her father and the lost connection to his family who stayed on the island. In her debut poetry collection, Poised for Flight, Proh?as Driscoll excavates these family roots to uncover a poignant story of loss and resurrection spanning five generations. In the telling, she cultivates trees and intertwines branches where her children - and the readers of her poems - can find shelter and firm footing for flight. ...