In Alicia Jo Rabins' second collection, Fruit Geode, the terrifying power of maternal love coexists with sorrow for the loss of one's younger self. In lyrical, unflinching poems, Rabins investigates the passages of pregnancy, birth, and early infancy through a constellation of ancient and modern experience: Sumerian storm demons, astronauts, herbal medicine, Neanderthal DNA, Jewish mysticism, climate change. In tracing the ritual mysteries of motherhood, Fruit Geode examines what it means to be transformed, to leave behind our certainties and walk into the unknown. This is a book about what it means to live in a human body, how love changes us, and what we pass on from one generation to the next.
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| Charlottesville Reading Series: Raisa Tolchinsky & Kevin Moffett | Charlottesville, VA | |
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| Kundiman's 20th Anniversary Reading at the New Orleans Poetry Festival | New Orleans, LA | |
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| In-Store: Poetry Night w/ Leila Mottley & Tatiana Johnson-Boria | Brooklyn, NY | |
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| Showcase Reading: Eduardo C. Corral & Benjamin Garcia | New York, NY | |
| Conversation: Laura Tohe and Kimberly Blaeser | Milwaukee, WI | |
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| COUPLET READING SERIES: National Poetry Month Edition | New York, NY |