Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
This debut collection Cleavage explores the breast cancer journey through diagnosis andtreatment as the world beyond the speaker’s own experience endures a pandemic, a climate crisisand other ongoing challenges. The collection’s title, Cleavage, refers to the literal cleavage of abi-lateral mastectomy as well as the investigation into what humans hold on to and/or resistreleasing when they are challenged physically and emotionally. Using poetic forms includingpantoum, sonnet, prose poem, free verse, golden shovel, erasure, haibun, triolet, sestina, andcento, the collection reflects the multi-faceted perspectives on illness and mortality. 6
