Pinion

by Monica Rico

Book Overview

"I / step into the kitchen because I can / no longer smell the lilac / bush my father cut down," Monica Rico writes in the opening poem of her astonishing debut collection. Deeply invested in unearthing women's identity from a patriarchal family structure, these pages catalog life beside loss, the truth of cruelty accompanied by a defiant vitality. Here, where the declaration "I can" is modified to "I can / no longer," Rico untangles the paradox of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1954245904
• ISBN13: 9781954245907
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Four Way Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"