Weaving deftly among animals and shipwrecks in her debut poetry collection, Kris Ringman searches for a sense of home both within and without deafness.
"In structure, Sail Skin makes elements of animal, boat, death: each section puts the reader inside the skin of fox, water, a worm-ridden dog, moving the reader through profound connections and disconnections, each honored without looking away. In sensuous and exact language, we meet ancestors,...