The Smell of Good Mud
Zuniga, nationally acclaimed for her powerful poem "To the Oklahoma Lawmakers," hailed as a riveting message about the war on women, presents her latest collection of poetry,  The Smell of Good Mud. In this evocative work, she ventures into the untamed landscape of queer, feminist, collective living in Oklahoma, a conservative state.  Within the walls of Clementine, a house with its own soul, these poems serve a communal meal, kindle a radiant love affair, and unravel the inner carnival of a single mother's heart.
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The Smell of Good Mud
Zuniga, nationally acclaimed for her powerful poem "To the Oklahoma Lawmakers," hailed as a riveting message about the war on women, presents her latest collection of poetry,  The Smell of Good Mud. In this evocative work, she ventures into the untamed landscape of queer, feminist, collective living in Oklahoma, a conservative state.  Within the walls of Clementine, a house with its own soul, these poems serve a communal meal, kindle a radiant love affair, and unravel the inner carnival of a single mother's heart.
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The Smell of Good Mud

The Smell of Good Mud

by Lauren Zuniga
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The Smell of Good Mud

by Lauren Zuniga

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Zuniga, nationally acclaimed for her powerful poem "To the Oklahoma Lawmakers," hailed as a riveting message about the war on women, presents her latest collection of poetry,  The Smell of Good Mud. In this evocative work, she ventures into the untamed landscape of queer, feminist, collective living in Oklahoma, a conservative state.  Within the walls of Clementine, a house with its own soul, these poems serve a communal meal, kindle a radiant love affair, and unravel the inner carnival of a single mother's heart.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781935904977
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Publication date: 04/30/2012
Edition description: First edition
Pages: 102
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Lauren Zuniga is a nationally touring poet and teaching artist. She is the founder of Oklahoma Young Writers, a nonprofit organization committed to exciting young people about language. In 2010, she was nominated for State Poet Laureate. She serves on the board of the evocative art gallery, IAO, and is listed on the touring roster for the Oklahoma Arts Council. She has competed in 9 national level poetry competitions. She has worked as a vacuum saleslady and a political therapist. She currently lives with her two kids at Clementine Women Artist Collective in Oklahoma City.

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OPENING The photographer says she can't wait until my next "opening." I start to correct her and say With poetry, it's called a reading, or a performance or a slam. Then I realize maybe that's the problem. So I step on my loud and say, "Yes. Please come to my next opening!" It will not be all good light and gallery smiles but I will fresh slice the walls for you, hang my absurd and wait for the wine to spill. It's been a long time since I've shown anything. Notice the ten foot installation of Talks Too Much. I eat margarine when I'm nervous. I get nervous when you like me. I describe things poetically to keep from saying what I really think. This one here is my father. Notice his head asleep on the stove. His hands bloated like a drunken liver. I drink when I can't decide who to be. I starve when decide I'm too much. I am angry, almost never. Which means you best prepare yourself for the nasty awkward that will rain down upon you, when I decide some things deserve my fucking angry. I fall in love like some women fall in mortgage. I have damn near become my mother. Minus five husbands and a bad case of arthritis. I am still cracking knuckles and divorcing. I am terrified that my children will ask why I didn't try harder. I am never alone. Never ever alone. I go to crowded places where we sit, with a small plate of cheese and fruit, cock our head to one side and say, "I can't believe someone pinned my stomach to a canvas." That is why we do this. This is an invitation to stop swallowing the art in your mouth. This is an invitation to stop ripping yourself apart. This is an invitation to be a live nude. Let them draw you dirty, flawed and glistening. This is an invitation to your opening.

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