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Mazurka by Katieann Vogel

$17.99

Paper

Debut

979-8-89990-193-5

2025

Deep in the forest—among bears, foxes, deer, and soaring pines—a striking melody beats to river and drum. In the shadow of the Krkonoše Mountains, this song and dance multiplies in triple time: and Mazurka is born. The mazurka, a Polish waltz, is a beloved dance of Czech generations past and present that originated centuries ago under the Krkonoše Mountains, or Giant Mountains, straddling the present-day border of Czechia and Poland. Between continents, generations, languages, and cultures, the poems of Mazurka honor this music and dance of the Bohemian people, the natural worlds that inspire them, and the strong women—from antiquity to the present and into the future—that dare to face their pain and endeavor to transform it.

Katieann Vogel is a writer, artist, and outdoor educator. She lives with her partner in Monterey, California, where they enjoy fishing and hiking along the coast. In her poems, Katieann honors her grandmothers, the ocean, and changing tides. @kvogelesq

PRAISE:

 

Mazurka, Katieann Vogel’s radiant, debut chapbook, more than lives up to its name. These are musically rich, imagistically strong, visually inventive poems that dance across the page and linger long in the ear and mind of the reader. Encompassing the self and the world, in all their multitudes, Vogel never shies from difficult subjects while remaining hopeful, open, and full of heart.

–Shara McCallum, author of No Ruined Stone

 

 

 

 

 

 

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