String
Louisiana State University Press, 2023
“String is a stirring bravura performance, a love song and a song of war, a chronicle of damage, a testament to our capacity for perseverance.”
—Michael Dumanis
A novel in poems, String tells the story of a teenage boy’s experiences in a time of war and its aftermath. He loses his family and friends, his home and the life he knew, but survives to tell his story. Written in the boy’s fractured, echoing voice―in lines that are frequently enjambed and use almost no punctuation―String embodies his trauma and confusion in a poetic sequence that is part lullaby, part nightmare, but always a music that is uniquely his.
Excerpts and interviews
"Let Her" in The Cortland Review (with audio)
"Pale Stars" and interview on Brooklyn Poets
Interview in 32 Poems
Videos of readings from String
Order on Bookshop, Barnes & Noble or Amazon
Louisiana State University Press, 2023
“String is a stirring bravura performance, a love song and a song of war, a chronicle of damage, a testament to our capacity for perseverance.”
—Michael Dumanis
A novel in poems, String tells the story of a teenage boy’s experiences in a time of war and its aftermath. He loses his family and friends, his home and the life he knew, but survives to tell his story. Written in the boy’s fractured, echoing voice―in lines that are frequently enjambed and use almost no punctuation―String embodies his trauma and confusion in a poetic sequence that is part lullaby, part nightmare, but always a music that is uniquely his.
Excerpts and interviews
"Let Her" in The Cortland Review (with audio)
"Pale Stars" and interview on Brooklyn Poets
Interview in 32 Poems
Videos of readings from String
Order on Bookshop, Barnes & Noble or Amazon
