BOOMHOUSE
A collection of poems by Summer J. Hart
Winner of the Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize, 2023
POETRY
ISBN: 978-1-7379258-4-2
Trade Paper
140 pages
8″ x 6″
Boomhouse thrums with loss, with complicated love, with fortitude. The poems travel a chain of rivers and lakes from the great timber stands of Canada to the dying mill towns of Maine, bending and rippling through history, oral accounts, superstitious customs, family lore, and memory. Summer J. Hart navigates the twisting dynamics of a family that is both Native and settler. She weaves stories and spells from the most delicate and indelible details.
“... ‘her song is a map’; one might aptly call this Hart’s ars poetica. Its hybrid and formal virtuosity enacts a metamorphosis through the patterning and recycling of word, color, and sound repetitions, as well as narrative continuity and fragmentation. Above all, Hart’s language is a rare and continuous marvel, characterized by unpredictable leaps, beauty, and resonance.”
