Windfall for Wheel of Light

Written By Hope Coulter

Last weekend, the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation joined with Hendrix's Theatre Arts and Dance Department to celebrate some big birthdays. The foundation, a source of much literary and language-related largesse for our campus, turned 40, as did our main stage, Cabe Theatre; Dr. Rosemary Henenberg, a beloved Professor Emerita of Theatre, turned 80. In honor of these milestones we held a three-in-one occasion, part birthday party, part tribute, and part academic panel. For me, an unexpected outcome of the festivities was that one of the invited speakers, Dr. Jeanne H. Griggs of Kenyon College, happened upon a copy of my poetry book, The Wheel of Light, and subsequently wrote this review.

One of my favorite poems, Dylan Thomas's "Fern Hill," contains the hair-raising phrase "rivers of windfall light." This review fell out of the sky, gratis, an early-fall boon--hence the title of today's post. Thanks for the gift, Jeanne, and come back soon.

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Hope Coulter

HOPE COULTER’s short story collection Rumors of Peace is forthcoming this fall from Cornerstone Press. Her poetry collection The Wheel of Light was published in 2015 by BrickHouse Books, and her work has appeared in numerous journals, including Terrain, Southwest Review, Rattle, and Flyway: Journal of Writing & Environment. Awards for her writing include Meringoff Awards in nonfiction and poetry, five Pushcart nominations, and the Porter Prize for Literary Excellence.

Hope is a Louisiana native who earned her bachelor’s degree at Harvard University and her MFA at Queens University of Charlotte. She recently retired from Hendrix College, where for many years she taught English and creative writing and directed the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language. She lives in Little Rock.

http://www.hopecoulter.com
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