QUEEN ANNE BOOK COMPANY STAFF FAVORITE / LOCAL POET
Site of Disappearance by Erin Malone
“Everything I’m afraid of, / I’m about to name,” cautions the speaker of this haunting lyric in the sophomore collection from Washington poet, Erin Malone. Here, buried childhood memories of a brother’s death and a small-town murder return just as the speaker becomes a mother to her own son. Malone’s use of whitespace and mark-making is exquisite. Her lines are ghostly oscillations that brush the page before lifting off again. This gripping, sensitive work will stay with you.
–Danielle, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA
Chilling, evocative, beautiful. Erin Malone’s latest collection is a reckoning and a reminiscence. It’s a geographic trip to the past. I’ll be haunted and moved by the scenes she shared / conjured.
–Torrin, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA
Does your local bookstore feature poetry among its recommendations this spring? Celebrate National Poetry Month with Queen Anne Book Company and other independent bookstores. (Also, treat yourself to more poetry by shopping at poetry-focused stores, like Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle.)