Background
Judith Roche was born on September 9, 1941. She was a daughter of Aline Nault and Lawrence Nault. Judith Roche grew up in Detroit with her two sisters, Marilyn and Lorraine.
Judith Roche, author, poet, educator.
Judith Roche, author, poet, educator.
Judith Roche, author, poet, educator.
Judith Roche, author, poet, educator.
Judith Roche, author, poet, educator.
(Judith Roche follows the orders of the poem rather than m...)
Judith Roche follows the orders of the poem rather than making the poem bend to her will. When one realizes how profoundly Myrrh comes from the practice on all levels, how successfully she pulls off one of the riskiest of endeavors, one begins to grasp... a highly original, courageous, mature, beautiful singularity of Voice, Theme, Sound, Image, etc., making up a brilliant whole.
https://www.amazon.com/Myrrh-My-Life-as-Screamer/dp/0930773306/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Judith+Roche&qid=1595603232&sr=8-3
1993
(The arc of land and water forming the North Pacific Rim i...)
The arc of land and water forming the North Pacific Rim is a cut lacework of rivers running to the great ocean. The salmon, sacred to people who lived along the pathways of its journey, once engorged these rivers, but no more. Twelve writers from cultures profoundly based on salmon were asked to write about "the fish of the gods" from both a historical and a contemporary perspective. These writers from two continents and four countries are Ainu from Japan, Nyvkh, and Ulchi from Siberia, Okanagon, and Coastal Salish from Canada, Makah, Warm Springs, and Spokane from the United States. Their writing remembers the blessedness and mourns the loss of the salmon while alerting us to current dangers and conditions.
https://www.amazon.com/First-Fish-People-Salmon-Pacific/dp/0295977396/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Judith+Roche&qid=1595603232&sr=8-2
1998
(Wisdom of the Body is a meditation in poetry on the bodin...)
Wisdom of the Body is a meditation in poetry on the bodiness ,- the physicality-of all things: our bodies and how they change, the salmon and their life cycle, trees, flowers, the earth, everything caught in the mystery of time. The book contains a series of poems on the life cycle of Pacific Northwest salmon that was a City of Seattle public art project, and poems from the libretto of a musical piece by noted composer Janice Gitech, Navigating the Light.
https://www.amazon.com/Wisdom-Body-Judith-Roche/dp/0930773810/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Judith+Roche&qid=1595603232&sr=8-4
2007
(Judith Roche's fourth collection of poems, All Fire All W...)
Judith Roche's fourth collection of poems, All Fire All Water, consists of four parts. "Rivers Have Memories," the first part, explores nature and our relationship to it. Poems include fish and birds, bees and wolves, storms, and the changing of the seasons. In "A Bird Caught in the Throat," Roche turns to "The Face of War" and the horrors of unnecessary suffering; e.g., the "blood for oil" the 20th and 21st century have brought us. In "Hoffa" she invokes a childhood memory of the unthinking pain adults can inflict on children, in this case, James Hoffa (the son, not his famous father) in the 11th grade. In "The Husbands Sweet," a play on suite, she looks back from a great distance to a marriage both painful and beloved. The final section is "We Are Stardust," the title taken from the Joni Mitchell song. These poems pose existential questions and explorations of identity and the possibilities of honest communication with others.
https://www.amazon.com/Judith-Roche/dp/1936364166/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Judith+Roche&qid=1595603232&sr=8-1
2015
Judith Roche was born on September 9, 1941. She was a daughter of Aline Nault and Lawrence Nault. Judith Roche grew up in Detroit with her two sisters, Marilyn and Lorraine.
Judith Roche was an artist-in-residence of Washington State Arts Commission, and Seattle Arts and Lectures. She was a literary arts director of One Reel and a literary manager of the Bumbershoot Arts Festival. She taught poetry at Seattle University, Cornish College, and the Richard Hugo House; and was a founding member of the Red Sky Poetry Theater. Roche also worked in collaboration with visual artists on several public art projects around the Seattle area, and as the Literary Arts Director for One Reel in 1986 - 2005.
Judith Roche is a recognized poet and the author of four poetry collections. For First Fish, First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim, published in 1998, Roche collected stories from such ancient fishing cultures as the Ainu of Japan, the Nyvkh from Sakhalin, and the Coastal Salish of Canada.
(Wisdom of the Body is a meditation in poetry on the bodin...)
2007(The arc of land and water forming the North Pacific Rim i...)
1998(Judith Roche follows the orders of the poem rather than m...)
1993(Judith Roche's fourth collection of poems, All Fire All W...)
2015