Pieratti, Danielle: Approximate Body

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Carnegie Mellon University Press, paperback Publication Date: February 21, 2023 Publisher Marketing: A collection of poems that confront an emotional reckoning with the complexitie s of domestic life. Approximate Body reflects upon the dramas of domestic life with equal parts cynicism, nostalgia, and grief. Richly narrative, fragmented, and featuring a variety of landscapes suburban, tropical, and ancient, these poems affirm an intricate mix of guilt and longing, proclaiming that "if I've loved / anything it has not been / enough." Show more