Mosaic of the Dark

By Lisa Dordal

Mosaic of the Dark portrays one woman's journey to wholeness and addresses the psychological harm that can arise from restrictive societal expectations for women. As the speaker examines her experiences as a closeted lesbian trying to fit her life into the script of heterosexuality, she also grapples with her mother's possibly non-heterosexual orientation and eventual death from alcoholism.
" Mosaic of the Dark is actually a book of light. Dordal illuminates the quotidian until it is as luminescent as any spiritual experience: "I dream of flight. A sun/that can hold a million earths/and a mouth that swallows its fire." This is the eye of a poet looking to her work for redemption and grace. Mosaic of the Dark is a beautiful book." -Jericho Brown
" These poems branch out with an empathetic and precisely observant heart to give us a glimpse of the mysterious world that threads through us all." -Ellen Bass

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625579861
• ISBN13: 9781625579867
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Black Lawrence Press
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"