Title: Ruin
Description: Reader, take heed: These are no ordinary poems about childhood. In a series of secular prayers, Cynthia Cruz alludes to a girlhood colored by abuse and a brother's death. A beautifully understated sense of menace and damage pervades this vivid, nonlinear tale.
Subjects: 21st century poetry, Poetry, American poetry, American contemporary poetry, Women authors, American women authors, American authors, Hispanic American authors, Hispanic American women authors, Mexican American women authors, Mexican American authors, German American authors, German American women authors, Poetry (poetic works by one author)