Trsitia by Carmen Bugan parenthood form and light as invocation

form and light as invocation but in the care with which she picks words and feels her way through them to offer magical experiences that feel fresh and precise

history and poetic influences with the contemporary queer experience

juxtaposing the hunger for flight with the longing for family and home

as well as the further long-term health risks lurking in the background

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tawanda Mulalu was born in Gaborone

Trsitia by Carmen Bugan parenthood form and light as invocationIn Tristia, Carmen Bugan tests the lyric against loss once again, as everything collapses around her, but this time much closer to home. These are poems about forging a stronger self in the fires of her lifetime, whether they are the forest fires that cover the American continent, the war in Ukraine, or her own world turned to ashes. The speaker in the poem 'Enheduana' laments: He spat on my oven full of food, Walked over my baskets full of bread,