Mermaids of Albuquerque

by Elizabeth Cohen

In Mermaids of Albuquerque, Cohen leaps off a trope of geological time, a past sea in the basin of Albuquerque, and finds there a fresh trough of poetry. These poems come to us flush with magic, with an imagined past, and a love for the city of her origin.

Reading Mermaids of Albuquerque feels like stumbling upon a Chachalaca three hundred miles north of its usual range-a magical and unexpected treat. Cohen's world, though familiar, is seen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1955194394
• ISBN13: 9781955194396
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Saint Julian Press, Inc.
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"