Duets

by Alexis Rhone Fancher, Cynthia Atkins

In Duets , Alexis Rhone Fancher’s evocative photographs serve as the inspiration for poems about motherhood and loss, love and lust. Fancher and Cynthia Atkins use their poetic voices to praise and to question, to rejoice and to grieve. These two equally striking, vastly different. Like any good duet, this book is an example of how beauty doesn’t always work in symmetry and parallels—it works in contrasts and intersections too. —Gustavo Hernandez, author of Flower Grand First

47 pages, Paperback

Published August 12, 2022

About the author

Alexis Rhone Fancher’s poem, “when I turned fourteen, my mother’s sister took me to lunch and said:” was chosen by Edward Hirsch for inclusion in The Best American Poetry of 2016. Her poetry has been published in over thirty anthologies and chapbooks, both in the U.S. and abroad, and her photographs have been published worldwide.

Alexis is poetry editor of Cultural Weekly, where she also publishes "The Poet’s Eye," a monthly photo essay about Los Angeles. Since 2013, Alexis has been nominated for eleven Pushcart Prizes, one Best Short Fiction award, and four Best of the Net awards. She and her husband live and collaborate in a loft/studio space in downtown Los Angeles. They have a spectacular view.

Reviews

[Stephanie ~~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

An absolute marvel of a collaborative effort. Cynthia Atkins and Alexis Rhone Fancher are two heavy hitters in the current National poetry. An absolute must read.