Melancholia

were all learning to be sad and alive at the same time. to pull the hurting thing from our chests without making everybody uncomfortable. -from MelancholiaWandas second collection for VA stares down the crossroads of depression family treatment and recovery unapologetically refusing answers to questions which lack them. These poems shirk clichés of self-discovery by revealing strength through their vulnerability.Wandas poems feel intimate ... like activated photographs from a long-lost family album like pill-kissed segments of pain wisdom and observation.-Gina Tron author ofSuspect (Tarpulin Sky)