Bloodlines

BLOODLINES is a reclamation of deeply embedded memory and cultural patterns. The poems work to excavate that-which-is-never-said in a staggering, endearing remake of family narrative and trauma. From nostalgic images of desert and poverty, to yearnings for the continuation of a bloodline, this collection generates a contemporary conversation of what it means to be from the Borderlands. Certain poems shower themselves with bravery, by using addresses, names, and locations, to mentioning real...