In Catching Light, Kathryn Stripling Byer searches for the language
of aging, for a way of confronting every woman's fear of looking in
the mirror and seeing an old woman staring back. Inspired by a
series of photographs entitled "Evelyn" -- which depicts a former
artist's model in her declining years, still full of life and
facing death with flair and wit -- Byer finds a voice to
contemplate the enigmatic but inevitable process of growing old.
Byer opens her book with a ten-poem sequence, In the Photograph
Gallery. "'Who is she?' / a child hanging on to her mother's skirt
/ asks, as if she is frightened / by what she sees. 'Just a little
old lady, ' / her mother soothes / 'That's all she is.'" By placing
Evelyn herself in the gallery to respond to the photos, and hear
that exchange, Byer opens the door into the inner life of this
"little old lady."
Part Two moves into more personal, mythological territory as the
images of Evelyn and the poet's own recollections coalesce. The
final section draws closer to Evelyn's dark hour, her humor in the
face of death, her memories, her acknowledgment of her sexuality,
her letting go.
Catching Light is a profound inquiry into aging and how one
remarkable woman faces it, sings to it, mocks it, rebels against
it, and ultimately embraces it.
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