Blood Moon

by Patricia Kirkpatrick

"Why would I expect to feel blameless?"

Troubled and meditative, Blood Moon is an examination of racism, whiteness, and language within one woman's life. In these poems, words are deeply powerful, even if--with the onset of physical infirmity--they sometimes become unfixed and inaccessible, bringing together moral and mortal peril as Patricia Kirkpatrick's speaker ages. From a child, vulnerable to "words / we learned / outside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571314989
• ISBN13: 9781571314987
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"