Feast of the Seven Fishes

<p>In <em>Feast of the Seven Fishes</em> Linda Lamenza uses both nuance and precise language to invite us into her Italian American childhood and how that childhood informs and colors her experiences as a woman mother and teacher. <em>When it is dark and no one / cares where we are</em> what can we come to understand about ourselves one another and the world? This compelling collection reads like snapshots of moments in time; however many of them speak to complex and universal questions about family and memory patterns time and resilience. Every poem inspires curiosity about <em>the shrapnel of childhood / that pressure cooker</em> and how we navigate our lives when we are released.</p><p>- Joan Kwon Glass author of <em>Daughter of Three Gone Kingdoms</em> </p>