Melendez, Brandon
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Gold That Frames the Mirror, 2019
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Identifier: cw_2019spring_melendez_brandon.pdf
Overview
"Orbiting a daisy-chain of fascinations that range from heritage & family to grief, music, & mental illness, 'Gold That Frames the Mirror' wants to know what "home" means, even when the answers can seem too blood-bright to bear staring at. Yet these poems are meant to extend beyond uncomplicated sadness: even amid deep loss, there is the possibility of wonder & joy. These poems are haunted by history but never in service of it. These poems want to know what comes after elegy,...
Dates:
2019