Dream Elevator by Marisa Lin Genre: Poetry ISBN: 9798858059660 Print Length: 58 pages Publisher: Kernpunkt Press Reviewed by Genevieve Hartman Marisa Lin's debut poetry chapbook, Dream Elevator, delves into the experienc…  | By IndieBookView on August 1, 2024 | Dream Elevator by Marisa Lin Genre: Poetry ISBN: 9798858059660 Print Length: 58 pages Publisher: Kernpunkt Press Reviewed by Genevieve Hartman Marisa Lin's debut poetry chapbook, Dream Elevator, delves into the experiences of an Asian girl coming of age in Minnesota. Told mostly from the perspective of the daughter, with occasional poems in the voice of the mother, this collection ripples with ancestral haunting, with the intricacies of living in between multiple countries, and the grounding presence of the body. Images of blood, churches, flight, and chrysanthamums populate these pages, while otherworldly abstractions and concrete poems broaden the boundaries of this collection. The poems often use enjambment to break one word into two, such as in this haiku: "Takeoff. Infant mum -bling. Cloud swallowing a coast— her prayer's answer" | | | |
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