Family: Poems

by Joy Ladin

It begins with "haiku suites," an invented form through which her mother's dementia and the poet's growing disability are glimpsed by the light of a blossoming world. The lyric narratives that follow portray a widening family circle that also includes estranged children, God, targeted trans women, and Trump-era America. The book concludes with "Autobiography of My Whiteness," a reckoning with Ladin's belated awareness of her place in America's racial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892555890
• ISBN13: 9780892555895
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Persea Books
• Length: 80 Pages