James Janko is one of the most significant authors in the United States. His newest novel, Wired, is on pre-order now. I’ve ordered it. When he wrote to me telling me that he thought Ethel was one of the most important poets in the world, he directed me to a review he’d written about her latest book of Poetry, The Woman and the Whale. I couldn’t agree with him more. I think a superb writer recognizes superb writing and is a wonderful judge of what he reads.
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James Janko Review Ethel Mortenson Davis’s Newest Book, The Woman and the Whale
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Wonderful Review of The Woman and The Whale
Estella Lauter is out with a new review of Ethel Mortenson Davis’s latest book, The Woman and the Whale. Dr. Lauter was the Chair of the English Department at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and is considered a major scholar, having published two critical analysis books by major university presses. She is also the author of several books of poetry and is a former Door County Poet Laureate, receiving that among several other honors.
The Woman and the Whale
a pastel by Ethel Mortenson Davis
Filed under Art, Art by Ethel Mortenson Davis, Ethel Mortenson Davis
The Woman and the Whale
By Ethel Mortenson Davis from her new book, The Woman and the Whale
The day was a day of celebration.
A small Right Whale stood vertical,
head out of the water,
straight up in the air,
his dorsal fins reaching like arms
toward the sky.
A woman diver
from a South Pacific Island
said the whale tried to tuck her
under his dorsal fin
when she interacted with him.
At first, she struggled to get away—
until she saw the shark
circling her, trying to get at her.
The whale kept his body between
the diver and the shark.
Then the whale grew agitated,
slapped his tail at the shark,
before finally running it off.
Today, the whale came back with his family,
many heads sticking straight up in the air.
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