A Brief History of Two Aprons
Skinner, Merna Dyer
I want to build / layers of language - / bind the thought threads / that otherwise fray and tear. / The words on this page / long to last, " writes the narrator in the poem "Mistakes, " in Merna Skinner's skillful and thrilling poetry debut. Palimpsest-like meanings build steadily through this book which travels to a range of settings and through pivotal moments in personal history. Skinner looks through a prismatic lens to explore both liter...