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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Sauna at Twelve-Foot: Collected Writings

The Sauna at Twelve-Foot: Collected Writings

Stoehr, Marlene Mattila

Paperback

General PoetryRegional: Midwest

ISBN13: 9798989499120
Publisher: River Box Press
Published: Jan 30 2024
Pages: 118
Weight: 0.37
Height: 0.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In The Sauna at Twelve-Foot, Marlene Mattila Stoehr's poetry and prose pieces capture Minnesota following the peak of Finnish immigration into the state, with evocative descriptions of the close-knit immigrant community of Sebeka, Minnesota. In a landscape of alfalfa fields, blueberry woods, and corn stubble, a parade of neighbors assembles each Saturday evening to take sauna. They gather on the banks of the Red Eye River, at the deep spot known simply as Twelve-Foot. In wintertime, children race down frozen cow-manure piles on hand-carved wooden skis. A party-line telephone rings to deliver news of a hard loss.

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