Poetry.
Through personae, the Deaf Woman and Letitia, she confronts hearing loss and mental illness with a researcher\'s pre.
Her words sizzle even at the darkest subjects, whether pondering serum extracted from lab animals or her own cells gone amok.
Pollack\'s science background and life experiences inform work that is ultimately joyful, with every pun intended.
In Sylvia Byrne Pollack\'s debut collection, Risking IT, the titular poem asks how to prepare for death.
Politics.
Disability Studies.
Poetry