Terminal Surreal: Poems

This unflinching poetry collection follows the author’s diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

In her masterful poetry collection Terminal Surreal, Martha Silano confronts the reality of mortality with gorgeous attention to imagery and scene. The book follows a trajectory from early symptoms before diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to full—blown illness and its effects on friends and family, including her children, who appear in poems like “After Dropping My S...