What The Body Remembers - 9781586540692

As reviewed by Pat Monaghan, from Booklist: Here are poems of great dignity, reserve, and control on matters that rarely call forth such responses: a violent, abusive upbringing as a military brat," persistent familial alcoholism, and a failed marriage all figure in them, presenting occasions, never subjects, for Slaughter, whose subject is instead and always the perceiving and surviving self. Her quest in her work is to understand both the ways in which the outer life forms the inner and, conversely, how the inner life can be sustained despite emotional travail. There is much that is noble and heroic in these poems, for Slaughter's searing plainspokenness removes the taint of victimization: after her father rides away on the horse that has thrown her, she says, "I learned the pleasure of the moment / and how to get up afterwards, even with a sprained knee, / how to stand up and walk." A stunning debut volume"--

• | Author: Adã¨Le Slaughter
• | Publisher: Story Line Press
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 88 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1586540696
• | ISBN-13: 9781586540692