Breaking a Mare by Christina Thatcher Moya Cannon one of the most exciting

one of the most exciting Cuban voices around

her essays and poems are in conversation with each other around subjects that include love

Nothing ordinary here

divided into brief chapters

Breaking a Mare by Christina Thatcher Moya Cannon one of the most excitingIn Christina Thatchers vivid new collection, the farm offers wildness and wonder to a young girl, as she witnesses bodies broken and made strong again. Breaking a Mare shows us that the breaking can be part of the survival. Rebecca Goss What a precision feat this book pulls off. On the one hand, these are poems of sleek physicality of clasp and bit and buckle and braid with shrewd things to say about the tyranny of polish and perfection. At the same