A Map for Exiting the Body

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The speaker of Jin Cordaro's wise and transporting poems knows the surge of a sewing machine whirring late into the night. She will tell you how we drive through the towns of our mistakes. When you read </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Map for Exiting the Body</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> you may find yourself stunned by a sibling who wears the skin of a horse beneath her clothes or the warning that darkness always expands. In these splendid poems you will discover a song for a broken umbrella and a husband whose cell phone has engulfed him in flames. You will find yourself in the company of a truly gifted and original poet.   -Faith Shearin</span></p>