Emergencies of the Heart - 2nd Edition: 21st Anniversary Commemorative Edition - Softcover

McGraw, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798218065522

Publisher: Black Muse Publishing, 2022

Synopsis

Every generation of Americans has at least one moment where young adults are faced with the worst and best of humanity on a national scale. McGraw captures the feelings in those moments in Emergencies of the Heart.

This special 21st anniversary memorial edition includes some updated and new poems, as well as a timely foreword dedicated to the 267 Black Americans who were killed during the attacks at the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

"In Emergencies of the Heart, poet Leslie McGraw transforms her grief, anger, and confusion over the 9/11 attacks into some measure of comfort, clarity, and grace, through poems that insist on the indomitability of the human spirit. A generosity of heart pervades these poems that urge us to connect-whether it be to the beloved, to family, or to the larger human community. Because ultimately, as McGraw's poems attest, the only true response to the emergencies of the heart is love. A heartfelt, courageous debut."

Angela Narciso Torres

RHINO Poetry

Senior Editor and Author of What Happens is Neither and Blood Orange.

About this title

About the Author

Leslie McGraw is a poet, social media activist, and former creative inspiration and emcee of the Bookbound Open Mic & Share Poetry Series (2013-2020) and the Life By Poetry online community (www.lifebypoetry.tumblr.com). Her essay, "Roses Come in Black, Too" was published in the As/Us Women of the World Journal. Her debut poetry collection, Emergencies of the Heart, was published in 2014 and we are pleased to announce that a 2nd edition will be forthcoming August 2022. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @LifebyPoetry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Black Muse Publishing
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798218065522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76