Alberto Ríos, author of A Small Story about the Sky
#Animations of creepr love full#
These poems find courage where there is none to be found, and are, in that sense, full of pure human spirit. If this sounds uninviting, that is not so-these poems find a place to stand through it all, and this redemptive footing is the key to survival in so many circumstances. This is hard, plain content, and as readers, we are spared little. The poems build one on the other, compounding what is an always unsettling movement forward.
These permutations of the human capacity for terror, especially regarding mental illness, are purely compelling. These poems give witness to the fallout, demonstrating how love can be charged with something ultimately unknowable.Ģ022 Lambda Literary Award Finalist in Gay Poetry When her younger sister later gives birth to her abusive ex’s other sons, the unsettling presence of the child’s father becomes unavoidable, and the family soon forces the first son to become a family secret. Stories, half-truths, and lies combine into a disturbing fable: A young pregnant woman flees her abusive boyfriend only to discover with terror that he is focused on her younger sister. Michael Walsh’s poetry collection Creep Love explores a family contending with a complex and ongoing crisis, the aftermath of which creates a shockwave that reverberates through these poems.
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