Mark Cugini

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• ISBN 9781933517438
• 96 Pages •6.4 x 10"
• $14.00
A Conversation with Dorothea Lasky
11/18/2011
When we asked Dorothea Lasky for five books that were similar to Black Life, her second collection of poetry from Wave Books, she immediately mentioned the late, great Biggie Smalls. As a native New Yorker and obsessive hip-hop fan, I felt like I needed to get to the bottom of this. I sat down with…
• Book: Black Life
• Author: Dorothea Lasky
• Publisher: Wave Books
• Genre: Poetry
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• ISBN 9781933517438
• 96 Pages •6.4 x 10"
• $14.00
The Poetics of Our Suffering
09/09/2011
A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Dorothea Lasky read from Black Life, her most recent collection from Wave Books and a collection I’m absolutely in love with. She introduced a poem to a crowded auditorium of writers by saying “This poem is titled ‘It’s a lonely world,’ but it feels…
• Book: Black Life
• Author: Dorothea Lasky
• Publisher: Wave Books
• Genre: Poetry
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• ISBN 9780979018831
• 268 Pages •5.5 x 9"
• $15.95
Chapter 20: A Happy Childhood
07/07/2011
Splattering finger paint across the carpet of my bedroom, laughing as the colors morphed into an ugly green; regretting this after my easel was taken from me and stored in our attic. Crashing my childhood bicycle into a parked car; never wanting to get on a four-wheeled vehicle again. My father hovering over my curled-up…
• Book: The Chronology of Water
• Author: Lidia Yuknavitch
• Publisher: Hawthorne Books
• Genre: LGBTQ, Memoir