Title: Rock/salt/stone
Description: Rock|Salt|Stone sprays life-preserving salt through the hard realities of rocks, stones, and rockstones used as anchors, game pieces, or weapons. The manuscript travels through Africa, the Caribbean, and the USA, including cultures and varieties of English from all of those places. The poems center the experience of the outsider, whether she is an immigrant, a woman, or queer. Sometimes direct, sometimes abstract, these poems engage different structures, forms, and experiences while addressing the sharp realities of family, sexuality, and immigration.
Subjects: Other (Philosophy), Outsiders in literature, American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), LGBTQ poetry, Lambda Literary Awards, Lambda Literary Award Winner
Time periods: 21st century