The Price of a Small Hot Fire

<p>A careful study on estrangement and loss <em>The Price of a Small Hot Fire</em> excavates the archetypal horrors of monstrous motherhood from abandonment and unsteady reconciliation to the grave. Experimental and intimate E.F. Schraeder's collection gives voice to a semi-autobiographical examination of a griefscape from a queer lens.</p><p><br></p><p>This collection of poems is an emotional journey that will find readers clutching their hearts at both the subtle moments and those that cut like a knife. The raw feelings seep onto the pages encompassing the vulnerability of open wounds while at the same time cutting through a stone-like exterior to see the blood still inside. It's not only a reading of poetry but an internal vibrating contemplation of the maternal relationship and how it molds us.</p><p><br></p><p>E.F. Schraeder's wonderful collection <em>The Price of a Small Hot Fire</em> is a gleaming poetic knife: strong sharp and heart-carving.</p><p>- Lucy A. Snyder Bram Stoker Award-winning author of <em>Exposed Nerves</em></p>