The Necessity of Wildfire: Poems - Scarano, Caitlin - Paperback
The Necessity of Wildfire: Poems
Author: Scarano, Caitlin
Publication Date: 04/05/2022
Format: Paperback
The Necessity of Wildfire begins, âTo not harm / each other is not enough. I want to love you / so much that you have no before.â These poems chase a singular, thorny question: how does where and who we came from shape who and how we love? Judge Ada LimĂłn says the resulting collection is âhungry, clear-eyed, tough, and generous.â
Scaranoâs imagination is galvanized by the South where she grew up and by the Pacific Northwest where she now residesâfloods and wildfires, the Salish Sea and the North Cascades, and the humans and animals whose lives intersect and collide there. In this collection, Scarano reckons with a legacy of violence on both sides of their family, the death of their estranged father, the unraveling of long-term relationships, the complexity of their sexuality, and the decision not to have children. With fierce lyricality, these poemsââstories without monsters, / stories without moralsââresist both redemption and blame, yet call in mercy.
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The Necessity of Wildfire: Poems
Author: Scarano, Caitlin
Publication Date: 04/05/2022
Format: Paperback
The Necessity of Wildfire begins, âTo not harm / each other is not enough. I want to love you / so much that you have no before.â These poems chase a singular, thorny question: how does where and who we came from shape who and how we love? Judge Ada LimĂłn says the resulting collection is âhungry, clear-eyed, tough, and generous.â
Scaranoâs imagination is galvanized by the South where she grew up and by the Pacific Northwest where she now residesâfloods and wildfires, the Salish Sea and the North Cascades, and the humans and animals whose lives intersect and collide there. In this collection, Scarano reckons with a legacy of violence on both sides of their family, the death of their estranged father, the unraveling of long-term relationships, the complexity of their sexuality, and the decision not to have children. With fierce lyricality, these poemsââstories without monsters, / stories without moralsââresist both redemption and blame, yet call in mercy.
