My Father's Drawer

<p><em>My Father's Drawer</em> explores the trajectory of the poet's life through childhood turbulence and mature hardship which she navigates with grace and resilience. Mintz's poetry does what we wish all poetry would: make even sadness a source of pleasure because her words always come alive as she reveals through the magic of language a lamenting that never sounds self-absorbed but simply marks the achievement of wonder as the triumph of the poem. </p><p><br></p>