Awake (New Poets of America)

Awake (New Poets of America) by Laux, Dorianne. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780918526779.

Awake, Dorianne Lauxs first book of poetry, is introduced by Pulitzer Prize winner and U.S. Poet Laureate Philip Levine for a reason: Its a near-perfect, emotionally haunting book—one which follows a narrative trajectory that touches upon the speakers ability to endure the cruelties of parental abuse, and maturation into womanhood, alongside the joys of noticing everyday details and using the imagination and a fearless poetic voice to confront—if not escape—sufferings violent hand.