Where the Words End and My Body Begins

Award-winning writer Amber Dawn reveals a gutsy lyrical sensibility in her debut poetry collection: a suite of glosa poems written as an homage to and an interaction with queer poets,such as the legendary Gertrude Stein, Christina Rossettiand Adrienne Rich, as well as contemporaries like Leah Horlick, Rachel Roseand Trish Salah. (Glosas, a 15th-century Spanish form, typically open with a quatrain from an existing poem by another writer, followed by four stanzas of ten lines eachand usually end with a line repeated from the opening quatrain.)

By doing so, Amber Dawn delves deeper into the themes of trauma, memoryand unblushing sexuality that define her work. (From Arsenal Pulp Press)

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