Publishing a
collection of poetry is a big deal. Publishing two books of poetry with
different publishers within a span of four months is a huge deal. And that’s
exactly what poet and writer Jen
Karetnick has done.
In May, Winter Goose Publishing published
Karetnick’s American
Sentencing, a collection of 71 poems that generally address the subject
of illness. Karetnick dedicated the collection to “those who suffer from
chronic, invisible illnesses” and to “their physicians and caretakers.” The
title contains a kind of irony – we in America are known for our “problem-solution”
outlook on life and our discomfort with illness and disease that stubbornly
resist categorization and treatment. Shouldn’t a pill or surgery fix
everything?
To continue
reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak
Poetry.
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