Ointment Weather

<p>Thom Eichelberger-Young's newest collection asks us to look into the heart of the beast--at how our political and cultural institutions have failed us at the ongoing genocide of Palestinians at the increasingly omnipresent surveillance of the state of that state's violence against marginalized groups. Across a series of insightful and introspective lyric essays <em>Ointment Weather </em>reveals itself as a work deeply invested in the present in everything happening now in front of our eyes.</p><p></p><p>If we cannot look into the current moment into the imperial core and see these oppressive systems for what they are then how can we begin to move towards a better future?</p>