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"Migratory Moment by Marnie Holt Swenson is a hybrid book of poetry, dialogue, and paintings that examines an anguished speaker's view of her origins through memories. Vernacular and fractured lines sift truth from fiction, creating a moving, erratic portrait of fragility and loss that spirals into ""a puzzle I cannot solve."" Whether the titular moment refers to the speaker's sense of time on earth, the desire for light from a destabilized world, or an implosion that results in being remade, this is a work of sustained, raw intensity. Survival becomes art. The book navigates between the story of a woman who believes herself to have been an unwanted birth, ""a thing of despair""; the confusion of family relationships; a father's suicide; and questions from a therapist. As the speaker confronts her own past, spiritual ambivalence and childhood scenes weave together in a dark pastiche. A series of oil paintings reveal the story in an oblique way. Karen Rigby, Foreword Reviews"

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Migratory Moment by Marnie Holt Swenson is a hybrid book of poetry, dialogue, and paintings that examines an anguished speaker's view of her origins through memories. The book navigates between the story of a woman who believes herself to have been an unwanted birth, a thing of despair ; the confusion of family relationships; a father's suicide; and questions from a therapist. As the speaker confronts her own past, spiritual ambivalence and childhood scenes weave together in a dark pastiche. A series of oil paintings reveal the story in an oblique way. Migratory Moment is an ambiguous pairing of childhood trauma and searing self-awareness.Vernacular and fractured lines sift truth from fiction, creating a moving, erratic portrait of fragility and loss that spirals into a puzzle I cannot solve. Whether the titular moment refers to the speaker's sense of time on earth, the desire for light from a destabilized world, or an implosion that results in being remade, this is a work of sustained, raw intensity. Survival becomes art. Karen Rigby, Foreword Reviews

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