Mustard, Milk, and Gin (Paperback)

A remarkable debut collection about identical twin sisters and their parents' struggle with addiction "I am busy seeing," declares the reverent and ever-curious speaker of Mustard, Milk, and Gin. In this haunting debut, Megan Denton Ray unflinchingly sifts through the sediment of a girlhood ruled by service. Everything in these poems sweats-the sunflower working hard for its first pair of leaves, the sister feeding her twin like a father, the men and women working in a community ravaged by the opioid crisis. With tender restraint, Ray's poems question the infallibility of devoutness while finding solace in the classification of the natural world. What results is a powerhouse voice that chooses preservation above all else. No poppy, wild carrot, or honeycomb is too small a treasure as Ray weaves stories of loss and mercy through both dreamscapes and domestic scenes alike. The forgettable and forgotten ignite-these poems are gifts of curiosity and care. Mustard, Milk and Gin is the winner of the 2019 New Southern Voices Poetry Prize as selected by G.C. Waldrep.

General

Imprint:	Hub City Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2020
Authors:	Megan Denton Ray
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
ISBN-13:	978-1-938235-64-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-938235-64-9
Barcode:	9781938235641

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