Author : Caitlin Scarano
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1949342115
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (493 download)
Book Synopsis Do Not Bring Him Water by : Caitlin Scarano
Download or read book Do Not Bring Him Water written by Caitlin Scarano and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caitlin Scarano's debut poetry collection, Do Not Bring Him Water, begins, 'as a child you don't ask yourself why you're hiding, / you just hide.' These poems bear witness to domestic trauma and the many forms it can take. In this collection, women escape knots of fishing wire, secret rooms behind radiator grates, hammers to the skull, vegetable gardens, howling houses, chains and chairs. Scarano orchestrates a strange, lyrical world where the lines between human/animal, male/female, past/future, guilt/innocence, and waking/dreaming blur with both visceral pleasure and danger. We are led through this world by a speaker who is attempting to both acknowledge and disrupt a history of violence and silence. Yes, perhaps 'no one is made / for anyone,' but love can still engender from loss.