Sky Girl

by Rosemary Griggs

Overview

"In her first collection, which traces the post-9/11 experiences of a flight attendant, Griggs shows an astonishing ability to represent the subtleties of a mind in fear. . . . fictive detail, accuracy of idiom, and offbeat cadences lend themselves to a long line. This is that rare book in which the sentences are as beautifully observed as life."
—Paul Hoover

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780971318984
Publisher:	Fence Magazine, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/01/2003
Pages:	60
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

ROSEMARY GRIGGS received her BA from University of Iowa and her MFA from San Francisco State University. Her poetry and fiction has appeared in So To Speak, 14 Hills, and Outlet Magazine, among others. She recently wrote, produced and starred in a one act play, The Letter Witches, which opened at Venue 9 in San Francisco and was extended for a longer run at The Phoenix Theatre. She has worked as a flight attendant for the last six years.

Table of Contents

Satellite Derives From the Latin word for attendant Saginaw —Sky Girl BPS-ORD Sharon Tate Anonymous Friendly Employees HKG-SKO The One Cocoa Phuket January 2000
Poem for Cecil Isoka, a northern province of Zambia Girl Talk Losing Julie Cinnamon SFO-DEN Confirmation Nina Sometimes when Kimberlie's tired Turbo Saint Valentine In a National Park She's not pretty but she has an accent Maui snorkeling You're so far / How can I Mary Understanding Mary Death Kimberlie from Mary's Perspective SFO-EWR - Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah"
Interrogating Mary Recovery Volatile Empathy Acute Stress Disorder Prayer DEN-EWR - Scenery Souvenir Employee E-mail Flight School Roots Let Me Try to Explain Donosti Weekend Getaway; Big Star Tomb Decisions Hong Kong Ladies' Night Market Deviation from the Sonnet: Suspected Witch Where do Friends come from Gypsy Love, me Forever Notes

What People are Saying About This

Brighde Mullins

"Sky Girl is an answer, within an echo, to an earlier generation's Coffee Tea or Me legacy. A fierce and savvy writer, Griggs is by turns whimsical and elegiac, and always very much of this moment."

Editorial Reviews

Seven-year veteran flight attendant Rosemary Griggs gives her alter ego, Sky Girl, the suggestive name of Kimberlie: "The handsome young first officer comes out of the cockpit to help/ Kimberlie say goodbye to the passengers,// Okay, now, if it is someone you would sleep with say, `Have a good day.' I'll do the same." The book follows Kimberlie's turbulent adventures in Saginaw, Phucket, Tokyo's Narita airport, the "Hong Kong Ladies' Night Market" and on the "DEN-EWR" and "SFO-EWR" runs. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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