A Journey through the Underworld: Poems by Jeanne Emmons

On Sunday, December 3, at 2:00pm come to the Betty Strong Encounter center to experience “A Journey through the Underworld:  Poems by Jeanne Emmons” The author will take you  through the Greek and Roman underworld and back, a metaphor for grief over the loss of her mother. The poems explore the mother-daughter relationship, the nuances of grief, and the necessity of embracing life.

Jeanne Emmons is a poet and watercolor artist.  Her poetry chapbook, The Red Canoe, is published by Finishing Line Press. In addition, she has published three full-length collections of poetry:  The Glove of the World, winner of the Backwaters Press Reader’s Choice Award; Baseball Nights and DDT (Pecan Grove Press), and Rootbound, winner of the New Rivers Press Minnesota Voices Competition. She has won the Comstock poetry prize, the James Hearst Poetry Award, and the Sow’s Ear poetry award, among others. Her work has appeared in Alaska Quarterly Review, The American Scholar, Carolina Quarterly, Louisiana Literature, North American Review, South Carolina Review, Prairie Schooner, The River Styx, South Dakota Review, and many other journals.  She is poetry editor of the Briar Cliff Review. Born in Louisiana and raised in Texas, she received her doctorate in English from The University of Texas. Currently, she lives in McCook Lake, South Dakota with her husband, Adam Frisch. They have two grown children.