Fear of Dogs & Other Animals - Softcover

Morgan, Shauna M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194160403X ISBN 13: 9781941604038

Publisher: Central Square Press, 2016

Synopsis

FEAR OF DOGS & OTHER ANIMALS is a collection for the thirteenth hour, when the day or journey is seemingly half-over and a much needed respite is eminent but is never fully actualized. Shauna M. Morgan, in her debut collection, offers 13 heartrending poems that take us down familiar roads at a time when headlines about advances in race relations contradict the realities of the black experience. These poems should not have been necessary but they are, being both timely and timeless in the way they boldly explore the forgotten spaces some are reluctant to tread.

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Review

"There is poetry so necessary, so essential to our living that it becomes bread or air or water. Fear of Dogs and Other Animals is this type of work. Clear, precise, and unflinching, Shauna M. Morgan has written a holy river for her readers, a space we can immerse ourselves to be held, seen, and cleansed. These poems are the undammed saltwater from our eyes, the droplets between straining shoulder blades, the steaming cup of a potion that makes your dreams lucid or brings the fever down. These poems are strong enough to wear away stones. This is the voice I have been waiting for. Welcome it." --Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie -- Author of Dear Continuum: Letters to a Poet Crafting Liberation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Central Square Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 194160403X
• ISBN 13: 9781941604038
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 42