My Little Book of Exiles

by Dan Alter

The poems of My Little Book of Exiles sift through layers of diaspora and return, wrestling with the twin experiences of exile and separation. The diasporas of the collection take place in history, family, and the privacy of a mind as it navigates its daily work. In a set of "Labor Poems," Alter captures moments of working in the snow of Wisconsin, under floodlights on the Kenai bay of Alaska, or in the machine-roar of construction sites in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913606945
• ISBN13: 9781913606947
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Maida Vale
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"