The Smell of Good Mud

The Smell of Good Mud explores the grit and splendor of collective living, queer parenting and other radical choices in the conservative landscape of Oklahoma.


Lauren Zuniga has made a name for herself for fearlessly confronting legislators and being an ambassador for the Heartland. This collection is the underbelly. No emotion is spared. No image is lost. It is a field guide to blisters and curtsies. It is a chronicle of women/children/animals coming together in a house named Clementine.


Praise


"A voice that can change the game"

- Daily Kos



"She is brilliant. Her poem made me cry"

- Governor Brad Henry



"Dear Lauren, it is impossible to read your book without falling in love with you. I stopped reading before the end so I wouldn't show up on your Oklahoma porch wearing a baby blue tuxedo, ring in hand, begging you to stuff a fistful of cake in my mouth."

- Andrea Gibson

Author: Lauren Zuniga
Publisher: Write Bloody Publishing
Published: 04/24/2012
Pages: 120
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9781935904977
ISBN10: 1935904973
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | African American & Black
- Poetry | LGBTQ+
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Love & Erotica