D.L.D. er initialene til Dorothea Lynde Dix, en markant skikkelse i 1800-tallets USA (1802-1887). Hun satte sin signatur på en rekke reformer innenfor amerikansk skole-, helse- og fengselvesen, og hadde et stort sosialt og politisk engasjement for den fattige del av befolkningen. Med poetisk kraft, respekt og innlevelse forteller Ren
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D.L.D. er initialene til Dorothea Lynde Dix, en markant skikkelse i 1800-tallets USA (1802-1887). Hun satte sin signatur på en rekke reformer innenfor amerikansk skole-, helse- og fengselvesen, og hadde et stort sosialt og politisk engasjement for den fattige del av befolkningen. Med poetisk kraft, respekt og innlevelse forteller Ren Powell om D.L.D.'s perioder med depresjon og hypomanisk energi i en selvbiografi som romer to liv: dikterens og Dorothea Lynde Dix'.
"I performed the character of D.L.D. while writing. Like an actor using Stanislavski's Magic If, I inhabited the mind of the character and played out the scenes drawing upon my own sense memories--but I have slavishly followed the script, which is a sequence of scenes built with the artifacts of D.L.D.'s life, including her own letters and publications and statements of convictions. I have done my best to understand and respect her attitudes when they have differed fundamentally from my own. While I can't guarantee historical accuracy in every detail, I am confident that these poems are nonetheless true." - Ren Powell in the foreword for An Elastic State of Mind.
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"With this, her fifth poetic volume, Powell has reached new maturity and new depth and has produced an innovative and sensitive tribute to an extraordinary woman." - Alice-Catherine Carls, University of Tennessee at Martin
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Ren (Katherine) Powell is a writer, translator, poet - and native Californian living on the west coast of Norway.
Ren has been a member of The Norwegian Author's Union since 2005, and has published several full-length collections of poetry and more than a dozen books of translations with traditional publishing houses. Her poetry collections have been purchased by the Arts Council for national libra
Ren (Katherine) Powell is a writer, translator, poet - and native Californian living on the west coast of Norway.
Ren has been a member of The Norwegian Author's Union since 2005, and has published several full-length collections of poetry and more than a dozen books of translations with traditional publishing houses. Her poetry collections have been purchased by the Arts Council for national library distribution. Ren's poetry has been translated and published in six languages and her non-fiction essays have appeared in several printed anthologies and magazines. Her dramatic works have been performed in the U.S., Canada and Norway.
Ren has a BA in Theater Arts and an MA and PhD in Creative Writing. She has taught theater and drama at a performing arts school for over a decade and worked as a graduate adviser at Prescott College's Masters program, which emphasizes community service as part of their teaching ethos.
From 2005 to 2008 Ren served as the Norwegian PEN representative for the International PEN Women Writers’ Committee. She also helped establish the International Cities of Refuge Network and is the founding editor of the online literary journals Protest Poems.org and Babel Fruit: Writing Under the Influence. She is currently an associate editor for Poemeleon.
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