Smother: Poems: Poems Magical Realism the patient return of warmer

the patient return of warmer days

"Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening seem exciting

The expedition gets off to a harrowing start when its leader--Lorelei's beloved mentor--is murdered in her quarters aboard their ship

Switching between the perspectives of Lily and Atlas

From magic-carpet-like huffluffs to shape-changing (and purring) copycats and big

Smother: Poems: Poems Magical Realism the patient return of warmerHow should we raise our children in, and for, a world that is burning? Rachel Richardson's third collection, Smother, interrogates this impossible question. The poet, raising young daughters and grieving the death of a mother friend, documents a string of record breaking fires across the California landscape and the rage, sorrow, and detachment that follow amidst the pervasive smoke. Environmental and physical predation on the earth and on the female