OFFERINGS: THE DECLUTTERING OF A LIFE

An autobiography by Kathleen A. Dale

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The author, born in mid-twentieth-century Kansas, experiences the overnight death of her much-older, much-adored, only sister from polio, throwing her, at age seven, into the melee of her parents’ anxiety and depression. Having rejected her mother’s fundamentalist religion at age twelve, she has nothing to replace it and no one to talk with about her own grief and terror. Slowly, through the disciplines of journal writing, reading about and discussing the journeys of others, becoming a serious poet and a dedicated amateur pianist, she starts to put together a vision of life (and death) based on the power of creativity, not only in her own life, but in the world and the universe itself. These growing insights she uses through the challenges of three marriages, three children, the apparent indifference to, and then increasing acceptance of, her artistic work. Eventually, in her seventies, she comes to some important realizations about it all.

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ABOUT KATHLEEN A. DALE

Kathleen A. Dale is the author of four books of poetry. Her work has been nominated for a  Pushcart prize, and for inclusion in Best American Poetry, 2014, and she has been featured poet in many journals. She is a serious amateur pianist and sees an intimate connection between music and poetry. 

Born in Kansas, she has lived on the shore of Lake Michigan for many years with her husband. They have three grown daughters.

Dale holds a Doctorate in Modern American Poetry, and for many years taught writing courses for non-traditional and returning adult college students. Today she mentors private poetry clients and is a free-lance editor. See her website at www.kathleenanndale.com.