Fargo, 1957: An Elegy

Poetry by Jamie Parsley with 60+ black & white photos. Paperback. 172pp In the early evening of Thursday, June 20, 1957, a tornado struck the city of Fargo, North Dakota. When it was done, ten people lay dead (three more would later die from their injuries), a city was devastated and countless lives would never be the same again. Among the dead were two relatives of Jamie Parsley, a poet and an Episcopal priest, who was born almost thirteen years after the storm. In this evocative and moving elegy of the storm and its victims, Parsley, an Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota, weaves a heartbreaking story of loss, poetry, pain, faith and, ultimately, renewal, and gives voice to those victims who, before now, were unable to speak for themselves. Fargo, 1957 is the story of the resilience and fortitude of the people who survived the storm, and those who did not.

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JAMIE PARSLEY has been an Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota since 2004. Born in Fargo and raised near Harwood, North Dakota, he is the author of thirteen books of poems: Paper Doves, Falling and Other Poems Photo by Gin Templeton (1992); The Loneliness of Blizzards (1995), a book-length poem; Cloud: A Poem in 2 Acts (1997); The Wounded Table (1999); earth into earth, water into water (2000); no stars, no moon (2004); Ikon (2005); Just Once (2007); This Grass (2009), a book of poems accompanied by paintings by artist Gin Templeton; Crow (2012); That Word (2014); and Only Then (2018). He is also the author of a collection of short stories, The Downstairs Tenant (2014). He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Vermont College and a Master's degree from Nashotah House Seminary. An Episcopal priest, he serves as Rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in north Fargo. 
 

ISBN: 978-0-911042-73-3

Page Count: 172

Picture Count: 76

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Publication Year: 2010

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