Inside the Dark Room (ISBN 978-0-6925-5205-6) by Laken Brooks, a young and intelligent Appalachian poet, was recently released through Middle Island Press. It’s essentially a contemporary haiku collection on “the beautiful and destructive perceptions of women” – poignant, meticulously arranged thoughts from her own unique perspective.
From the Middle Island Press website:
Brooks’ insights as a woman permeate her writing of Inside the Dark Room, encouraging her to hold a mirror to the cultural standards of health, beauty, domesticity, and criticism of females in contemporary society.
(From page 24 of Inside the Dark Room…)
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Refund from the matchmaker:
Enough to buy a heifer
Copies are available via Middle Island Press and Amazon.com. We encourage supporters of Brooks’ work to pen a kind Amazon book review.
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