The Word for When

The Word for When Poems by Denise Rogers Out now! About the Book   The Word for When is a collection of poems of serenity and yearning, relationships and faith, memory and hope. The book is a kind of pilgrimage, beginning in the realm of “Then,” which includes visits to the French-speaking rural Missouri of the author’s mother’s family; “Now,” which asks questions of present and imminent conditions; and ending in “When?” hoping for joy, reunion, and love. The poems previously appeared in Louisiana Literature, the Journal of College Writing, Ekphrasis, and other venues.    About the Author Denise M. Rogers received her MFA from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville. She taught writing, literature, and humanities courses at the University of Louisiana for twenty-eight years. Following in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother, her passion in retirement is quilting.   Praise for The Word for When “Denise Rogers’s new collection is the rare book dense with gravity pulling me eage