Dregs - Softcover

Cruz, Cynthia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1945588187 ISBN 13: 9781945588181

Publisher: Four Way Books, 2018

Synopsis

Like a series of slides from a film reel, the poems of Dregs reveal the ruin, remnants or dregs left over from the wars and economic and human inequalities of our world today. Praise for The Glimmering Room: “...an exquisite fever dream of drugs, anorexia and unwanted sex (in both senses of the word) populated by young women and men...who have lost all sense of where the edge is....” ―Dana Jennings, New York Times

About this title

About the Author:

CYNTHIA CRUZ is the author of four collections of poetry, including three with Four Way Books: The Glimmering Room (2012), Wunderkammer (2014), and How the End Begins (2016). Cruz has received various fellowships and has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College in writing and an MFA in Art Criticism & Writing from the School of Visual Arts. Currently pursuing a PhD in German Studies at Rutgers University, she teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives in Brooklyn.

Review:

"Cruz showcases her trademark spare palette and haptic focus in a brief, satisfying fifth collection that hews close to the anxious, delirious mood of its predecessor. . . . Cruz is notable for delectable descriptions of textures, and her soft, plush surfaces counterbalance a proliferation of glass. Relatedly, the placidity of the poems--their "incessant hum"--feels fleeting, as if it could shatter at any moment. Such an eruption never arrives, and Cruz leaves her audience tense with anticipation to the end."-- "Publishers Weekly" (1/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)

About this edition

• Publisher: Four Way Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1945588187
• ISBN 13: 9781945588181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68