Works and Days by Nathaniel Rosenthalis latinamericanpoetry Scorpionic honesty

Scorpionic honesty

to the breakdown of language suffered by his mother after an ultimately fatal stroke

here are graffitied tiles and household jugs

They warn of artfulness

"-Claudia Rankine"The sorceress Sealey

Works and Days by Nathaniel Rosenthalis latinamericanpoetry Scorpionic honestyNathaniel Rosenthalis Works and Days is a brilliant, lyrical, and exuberant collection of poems. Playful, tender, and often wise, these works combine self portraiture, literary homage, familial anecdotes, mythological retellings, and philosophical contemplation to create a series of moving depictions of what it is to be human and part of a world of both great suffering and great joy. With humor, intelligence, and vulnerability, the poems examine