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paper \u2022 104 pages \u2022 16.95
\nISBN-13: 978-1-945588-74-7
\nPub Date: February 15, 2021<\/p>\n
Add to Cart<\/a><\/p>\n [\/column] Sweetgum & Lightning<\/em> lets us into an extraordinary poetic universe, shaped by a vernacular rooted in the language of self, one\u2019s origins, and music. In poems that are deeply sensual in nature, Rodney Terich Leonard considers gender and sexuality, art, poverty, and community. Imagery expands through unexpected lexical associations and rumination on the function of language; words take on new meaning and specificity, and the music of language becomes tantamount to the denotations of words themselves. Through extensive webs of connotation, Leonard\u2019s narratives achieve a sense of accuracy and intimacy. The nuanced lens of these poems is indicative of the honesty of expression at work in the collection\u2014one that affirms the essentiality of perception to living and memory.<\/p>\n “Lunch Menu: Summer 1977”<\/strong><\/p>\n Spam
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Rodney Terich Leonard<\/h2>\n
Featured in\u00a0Lambda Literary\u2019s February\u2019s Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books List<\/a><\/h5>\n
Featured in Library Journal<\/em>‘s “Books and Authors To Know: Poetry Titles To Watch 2021”<\/a><\/h5>\n
Featured in the Southern Review of Books<\/em>‘ “The Best Southern Books of February 2021”<\/a><\/h5>\n
Reviewed in the Alabama Writers’ Forum<\/a><\/h5>\n
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