Talisman

by Lisa C. Krueger

Book Overview

The poems in Lisa C. Krueger's Talisman interrogate the everyday expression of complex human emotions. In psychological portraits stunning in their precision, Krueger brings her observational powers to bear on the domestic and its darknesses--childbirth, play, sex, and family picnics, as well as abuse, disability, adultery, and mental illness. We see how intimacy is laced with uncertainty, how the bonds between us can be a form of bondage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597095451
• ISBN13: 9781597095457
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Red Hen Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.3"