Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
'Hold out the fired bowl of your heart,' Ginger Graziano urges, in What I Didn’t Give to Goodwill. That hard-earned gesture of hope is borne through poems of grief, legacy, and resilience in this strong, three-part collection. Graziano relates the suffering of her son, dying from brain cancer, the strength she secured from a proud, Italian immigrant family, and her renewal of spirit claimed in gardening, a move to a new state, and a necessary balance of society and solitude. The memory of her son powers her determination: '[W]hen moths chew holes in his jackets, / I will see light through the broken threads.' Read these fine poems for their discerning light. 6
