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Cover artist
  
Rene Lynch

Publisher
  
Kitsune Books

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Originally published
  
1 July 2011

Genre
  
Poetry

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Language
  
English

Publication date
  
July 1, 2011

Pages
  
132 pp

Author
  
Jeannine Hall Gailey

Country
  
United States of America

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Nominations
  
Goodreads Choice Awards Best Poetry

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She Returns to the Floating World is a book of poetry that was written by Jeannine Hall Gailey and published by Kitsune Books in 2011. This collection, Gailey's second, deals with feminine transformations in the personae of characters from Japanese folk tales, anime, and manga.

Contents

Poems from the book were featured in Verse Daily, and the haiku "august sky..." won an Honorable Mention in the 12th Mainichi Haiku Contest (2008).

Awards

  • Eric Hoffer Award 2012—Montaigne Medal finalist.
  • Semifinalist in the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards in the Poetry category.
  • Silver medal in the Florida Publisher's Association 2011 President's Book Award for Poetry.

    • Reviews

    Critical reviews of She Returns to the Floating World have appeared in the following literary publications:

  • Barn Owl Review
  • The California Journal of Poetics
  • Mid-American Review
  • Midwest Book Review
  • New Madrid Journal
  • The Rumpus
  • Southern Humanities Review
  • The US Review of Books
  • Web Del Sol Review of Books

    • References

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