The Glimmering Room [Paperback]

Fierce and fearless, The Glimmering Room beckons readers down into the young speakers dark underworld, and because we are seduced by Cruzs startling imagery and language rich with Deaths outrageous music, we follow willingly. Peopled with ambassadors from the Netherworldthe orphaned and abused, the lost and addictedCruz leads us through this traveling minstrel show / Called girlhood which is at once tragic and magical.

Poems that give voice to the voiceless in the face of poverty, addiction, war, and consumerism

CYNTHIA CRUZ is the author of Ruin and teaches at Sarah Lawrence College.

Kingdom of Dirt Eleven Nocturnal Strange Gospels Strange Gospels The Great Destroyer Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Theater of War Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Strange Gospels The Great Destroyer Plush Strange Gospels Chronic New York State Diagnosis The Unheard Music New York State (4) Self Portrait California Narrenschiff New York State (5) New York State (3) New York State (2) Stages of Disaster Notes on the Disaster Star Death Star New York State (6) What God Gave Me, or Instructions on How to Live a Nomadic Life Breaking Glass Stages of Disaster Taxonomy Werewolf or Ghost The Going Home Song Strange Gospels Ohio Darling Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Strange Gospels Strange Gospels The Great Destroyer Forming White Angel Pharmacy Wish Fulfillment The Glimmering Room Molotov Shepherd Inheritance or Amber Schloss Gone, Galore