Poetry. Janell Moon's is an absolutely original voice. With wicked humor and a compassionate eye, Janell deftly tackles the conundrums of family, lesbian love, aging. She brings to her writing the raw, risky honesty that only a strong poet can. Roaming from her girlhood in a small Ohio town, to dreams after a friend's suicide, to the tricky balance on a San Francisco hillside, she confronts the fractures of identity and how we make our place in the world --Dorthy Wall. When morning broke, there was a moment/ when light and ...
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Poetry. Janell Moon's is an absolutely original voice. With wicked humor and a compassionate eye, Janell deftly tackles the conundrums of family, lesbian love, aging. She brings to her writing the raw, risky honesty that only a strong poet can. Roaming from her girlhood in a small Ohio town, to dreams after a friend's suicide, to the tricky balance on a San Francisco hillside, she confronts the fractures of identity and how we make our place in the world --Dorthy Wall. When morning broke, there was a moment/ when light and dark shone in balance/ and if we really focused,/ we could see what was left,/ what was worthy. (The Burning).
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