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The Dead in Daylight
Tina Chang writes:
"A fiercely feminine blood runs through these poems. Of wire, of salt, of harvest, of motherhood, of daughterhood, and all that these elements lay claim to. The Dead in Daylight reveals an astonishing voice that is equal parts ferocious and tender. Melody S. Gee's collection builds a generous fire where origin is praised and where history shines beyond the flame."
Eduardo C. Corral writes:
"Melody S. Gee's poems reveal the tethers and the hooks of the past. Beautifully strange and intimate, her language maps the push and pull of motherhood and familial history. A deftly chiseled voice speaks and sings in this book; it's a voice that's original and immediate. Striking images attend to both the uncanny and the sublime. In one poem, we're given 'a forest of doors.' In another, the 'throat shiver of music.' The Dead in Daylight is one of the best books I've read this year."
"A fiercely feminine blood runs through these poems. Of wire, of salt, of harvest, of motherhood, of daughterhood, and all that these elements lay claim to. The Dead in Daylight reveals an astonishing voice that is equal parts ferocious and tender. Melody S. Gee's collection builds a generous fire where origin is praised and where history shines beyond the flame."
Eduardo C. Corral writes:
"Melody S. Gee's poems reveal the tethers and the hooks of the past. Beautifully strange and intimate, her language maps the push and pull of motherhood and familial history. A deftly chiseled voice speaks and sings in this book; it's a voice that's original and immediate. Striking images attend to both the uncanny and the sublime. In one poem, we're given 'a forest of doors.' In another, the 'throat shiver of music.' The Dead in Daylight is one of the best books I've read this year."
55 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2016
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About the author
Melody S. Gee
4 books3 followersMelody S. Gee is the author of WE CARRY SMOKE AND PAPER: ESSAYS ON THE GRIEF AND HOPE OF CONVERSION (University of Iowa Press, 2024); THE CONVERT'S HEART IS GOOD TO EAT (Driftwood Press, 2022); THE DEAD IN DAYLIGHT (Cooper Dillon Books, 2016); and EACH CRUMBLING HOUSE (Perugia Press, 2010). She lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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