Firebird

<p>Kythe Heller's <em>Firebird </em>sequence probes the capacity of the human spirit to endure under extreme conditions. Here fire is both a destructive and a unifying force altering people and landscapes. Runaways the sick and the poor a forest and a smoldering mattress - these stunning images burn themselves into the reader's imagination. The female body becomes the site of trauma and myth a place where everything is burning has been and is always burning. Fiercely intelligent and relentlessly visceral <em>Firebird </em>renders the world with singular clarity: there were so many things that would look-nice-if they were seen through flames. </p>