Catherine Jagoe is a poet, essayist, and translator based in Madison, Wisconsin. Her collection Bloodroot won the Settlement House American Poetry Prize, the Council for Wisconsin Writers' Edna Meudt Award, and an Outstanding Work of Poetry award from the Wisconsin Library Association. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, among several other honors, she has published nine full-length books and four chapbooks across genres. Her personal essays have aired numerous times on Wisconsin Public Radio's Wisconsin Life series.
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Prologue The Home Goal: Variations on a Theme Language Lessons Watermarked Brief Autobiography in Odors Voracious A Ring of Bells On the Van Galder from Wisconsin to O'Hare Homecoming Stew Querencia On Infidelity Splitting Fossils Things That Matter Sessile June and the Clock The Sense of an Ending Finding the Springs Acknowledgments
"In this wonderful, moving, and exquisitely written memoir in essays, Jagoe delves into the complexities of living in-between places and cultures, a state that challenges the very notion of home." - Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Space: A Memoir "A rich and compelling memoir, written in stunningly beautiful and fluid prose. This elegantly orchestrated collection is also a propulsive read; entranced by Jagoe's story, I inhaled it in one sitting." - Alison Townsend, author of The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home