Description
Reader, take heed: These are no ordinary poems about childhood. In a series of secular prayers, Cynthia Cruz alludes to a girlhood colored by abuse and a brother's death. A beautifully understated sense of menace and damage pervades this vivid, nonlinear tale.
Author: Cynthia Cruz
Publisher: Alice James Books
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.56w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781882295586
ISBN10: 1882295587
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | General
Author: Cynthia Cruz
Publisher: Alice James Books
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.46h x 5.56w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781882295586
ISBN10: 1882295587
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | General
- Poetry | Women Authors
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | General
About the Author
Cynthia Cruz was born in Germany and raised in Northern California. She holds degrees from Mills College (B.A.) and Sarah Lawrence College (M.F.A.), and has received numerous residencies to Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. Her poems have appeared widely in journals and anthologies, including The Iowa Anthology of New American Poetries.