Wave of Blood by Ariana Reines (1/3/25)

"REINES'S WRITING IS QUEER AND RAUNCHY, RAW AND OCCULT, SEEMINGLY NEVER PULLING AWAY FROM HER DEEPEST VULNERABILITIES." - NYT BOOK REVIEW

Wrestling with the mind of war, at times shocking in its self-analysis, WAVE OF BLOOD is a furious, strange and sincere essay, an eclipse notebook, a family chronicle, all told in the poetry of witness.

I don’t understand the intensity
I’ve hidden here but I know I despaired
Of finding a physical place to keep
My tears. Now what. Seas that go turquoise
When you stop looking at them . . .