Made to Explode FLASHCARDS She's drawn to the broken

She's drawn to the broken man who hides his grief in ropes and bondage

Russian troops and ships are massing on the borders of the Ukraine

and this new book captures the bloom in all its many manifestations

'A journey of wonder and imagination' Stylist

as thoroughly luminous as the stars above

Made to Explode FLASHCARDS She's drawn to the brokenIn her fourth collection, acclaimed poet Sandra Beasley interrogates the landscapes of her life in decisive, fearless, and precise poems that fuse intimacy and intensity. She probes memories of growing up in Virginia, in Thomas Jefferson's shadow, where liberal affluence obscured and perpetuated racist aggressions, but where the poet was simultaneously steeped in the cultural traditions of the American South. Her home in Washington, DC, inspires prose