Description
Sometimes the most compelling landscapes are the ones where a desert meets the sea, where civilization meets no-man’s land. Here in Bonfire Opera, grief and Eros grapple in the same domain. A bullet hole through the heart, a house full of ripe persimmons, a ghost in a garden. Coyotes cry out on the hill, and lovers find themselves kissing, “bee-stung, drunk” in the middle of the road. Here, the dust is holy, as is the dark, unknown. These are poems that praise the impossible, wild world, finding beauty in its wake.
Endorsements
Winner, 2021 Northern California Book Award
Finalist, 2021 Patterson Poetry Prize