Dakota Fruit
Dakota Fruit by Catherine Cobb Morocco, published by Wordtech Communications on August 21, 2019, is a collection of poetry that explores the complexities of family dynamics against the backdrop of the rural West. This edition comprises 102 pages and is presented in English. The poems delve into the narrator’s coming-of-age journey, highlighting her artistic sensibilities and the emotional distance within her family, shaped by historical and personal calamities.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of imagery and emotion as the narrator navigates her parents’ struggles, seeking beauty and solace in her surroundings. The work reflects on themes such as displacement and the impact of McCarthyism, while also addressing the challenges posed by child autism. Through the voices of both the daughter and mother, Dakota Fruit reveals the intricate interplay of love, loss, and resilience within an American family during the 1950s.
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The narrator of Dakota Fruit is coming of age endowed with music, art, and a broad worldview, yet ignorant of the calamity that has pushed her family to the rural West. Sensing her parents’ displacement, she seeks solace and beauty by skating on thin river ice “where a girl disappeared,” and gazing at images of Venus and Mary in Renaissance art books. Words and imagery reflect the daughter’s longing to pierce her father’s emotional remoteness. Poems in the mother’s voice reveal the cost of the father’s politics and his devastation at having a disabled son. McCarthyism and child autism threaten the bonds and tenacity of this American family during the 1950s.
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