topography of a border / line bird

<p><em style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Topography of a border/line bird </em><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>is a dream lost in the smoke of the destruction of the selves and reconstructed with raw tenderness. Its playful multi-genre form mimics a mind splintered by trauma. With brutal honesty the speaker of these poems tells the story of leaving her homeland with her fiercely independent educated and mother while searching for her own identity. The collection creates a shadowed</span><strong style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> </strong><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>electric world where people transform after crossing the physical and psychological threshold of the Mexico/U.S. border. Each poem micro essay cyanotype collage erasure is a small revelation. </span><em style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>Topography of a border/line bird</em><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> masters the art of putting oneself together</span><strong style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> </strong><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>after being torn open by familial abuse a government intent on negating one's existence grief</span><strong style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)> </strong><span style=color: rgba(20 20 20 1)>and mental illness.</span></p><p></p><p></p>