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Unbelonging

A Life in Search of Home
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"Where are you from?" For Catherine Jagoe, a set of complicated assumptions often lies behind this seemingly banal question. While partly an immigrant narrative, Jagoe's memoir in essays is not so much-or not only-about moving to the US and putting down roots but rather more about feeling perpetually in-between and never quite "home." Throughout, Jagoe wrestles with what identity and fidelity mean for a woman with three nationalities, a job as a translator who frequently lives in a fourth country, a history of depression, and chronically divided allegiances. Together, these essays paint a deeply personal yet incredibly relatable portrait of what it means to be an American-and an immigrant-in the twenty-first century.
Catherine Jagoe is a poet, essayist, and translator based in Madison, Wisconsin. Her collection Bloodroot won the Settlement House American Poetry Prize, the Council for Wisconsin Writers' Edna Meudt Award, and an Outstanding Work of Poetry award from the Wisconsin Library Association. A recipient of a Pushcart Prize, among several other honors, she has published nine full-length books and four chapbooks across genres. Her personal essays have aired numerous times on Wisconsin Public Radio's Wisconsin Life series.
Prologue The Home Goal: Variations on a Theme Language Lessons Watermarked Brief Autobiography in Odors Voracious A Ring of Bells On the Van Galder from Wisconsin to O'Hare Homecoming Stew Querencia On Infidelity Splitting Fossils Things That Matter Sessile June and the Clock The Sense of an Ending Finding the Springs Acknowledgments
"In this wonderful, moving, and exquisitely written memoir in essays, Jagoe delves into the complexities of living in-between places and cultures, a state that challenges the very notion of home." - Jesse Lee Kercheval, author of Space: A Memoir "A rich and compelling memoir, written in stunningly beautiful and fluid prose. This elegantly orchestrated collection is also a propulsive read; entranced by Jagoe's story, I inhaled it in one sitting." - Alison Townsend, author of The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home
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