Description
Confined to a wheelchair since childhood, Hall viewed life from the window of an upper room in her family's house in Portland, Oregon. To better observe passersby on the sidewalk, she positioned a small mirror on her windowsill. Hall was an accomplished seamstress: her fine needlework helped to support the family and provided a vivid body of imagery for her precisely crafted, often gorgeously embellished poems.
Hall's writings - her mirror trained on the world - convey the dark undertones of the lives of working women in the early twentieth century, while bringing into focus her own private, reclusive life - her limited mobility, her isolation and loneliness, her gifts with needlework and words, and her exquisite grief. In his introduction to this volume, John Witte examines Hall's brief and brilliant career and highlights her remarkably modern sensibilities, showing her to be a poet for all time.
About the Author
John Witte is a widely published poet, a teacher, and the editor of Northwest Review. He lives in Eugene, Oregon.
Book Information
ISBN 9780870719967
Author Hazel Hall
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Oregon State University
Publisher Oregon State University
Weight(grams) 351g
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 20mm