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false <![CDATA[The Memory Palace]]> 6149918 1 The rooms in The Memory Palace are filled with holy relics, profane agonies, memories that are revelations, and windows to wonders . . . A significant poetry collection by JoSelle Vanderhooft, dealing with the raw themes of youth, pain, the Catholic faith, and the challenges of growing up gay. Structured around the Renaissance mnemonic device of a building with rooms populated by thoughts and objects, THE MEMORY PALACE is a lucid dream, a remarkably powerful memoir, and a fantasy. "Inside The Memory Palace, JoSelle Vanderhooft constructs a painfully honest memoir in free verse, detailing one talented young woman's odyssey past the monsters of mental illness, through the brutal clash between faith and sexuality, always haunted by the terrible enigma of a father's suicide -- yet these traumas are counterbalanced by earnest hope and the small, sweet moments life grants to fighters and survivors. Her eloquent and eminently readable story will resonate with any one who's ever found themselves an alien in their own world, peering in at society from the outside." -- Mike Allen, three-time Rhysling Award winner and editor of Mythic Delirium 6329054 25 1 2009 The Memory Palace total:3|5:3| 3 15 7 1 5 1 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:33:26 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 11:35:02 -0700 2009

I just read the poetry memoir of the bravest woman I know. The book is The Memory Palace, by JoSelle Vanderhooft. I’ve known JoSelle for a few years now and consider her a friend, as well as an incredibly gifted writer and poet. She’s had much critical a...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jul 24 19:41:18 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 19:41:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 07 09:06:03 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 09:22:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 27 08:29:12 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 08:29:12 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun May 03 16:34:24 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 16:34:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 09:08:04 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 09:08:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 18:53:04 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 18:53:04 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6149918