Description
This luminous debut poetry collection reimagines the bestiary as both a catalogue of animals and mythical creatures and a map of the self. Moving across American landscapes and through memories of childhood, migration, violence, therapy, and love, the poems explore how identity is shaped by fear, desire, survival, and transformation. Drawing on folklore, mythology, and the natural world, the collection turns encounters with whales, wolves, centaurs, pegasuses, and other beings into meditations on human vulnerability and resilience. With musical language and vivid, sensuous imagery, it creates a haunting yet ultimately hopeful vision of self-discovery and renewal.
Available Editions
paperback
Graywolf Press
Published Jan 1, 2016
70 pages
ISBN: 9781555977580
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Details
First Published
2016
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Bestiary by Donika Kelly.