This collection of Poems begins rooted in the landscape of the U.
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Within the vast scope of this volume, the Poems arc from a pig farmer\'s funeral to Georges de la Tour\'s paintings and Toni Morrison\'s Beloved .
While these Poems dwell in the body, often meditating on its frailty and desire, they also question the weight that literary, historical, and religious icons are expected to bear.
South as it voices singular lives carved out of immediate and historical trauma.
This collection of Poems begins rooted in the landscape of the U.
S