Cristina Gallegos' 14th book, and 4th poetry volume is an organic and bespoke key to the stifling door of existence. Much like life at times, her poetic Vivarium becomes a solid structure designed to keep the human animal under seminatural conditions for laboratory observation and experimental study.
Gallegos is the kind of writer that gives the reader freedom. The freedom to question, to feel the message. Whatever it is, maybe it is, but maybe it's not. Think about it, kick its tires, then immerse yourself in a chunk of visceral and liberating poetry.