A Map for Exiting the World

The speaker of Jin Cordaro's wise and transporting poems knows "the surge of a sewing machine whirring late into the night." She will tell you how "we drive through the towns of our mistakes." When you read A Map for Exiting the Body, you may find yourself stunned by a sibling who wears "the skin of a horse beneath her clothes" or the warning that "darkness always expands." In these splendid poems you will discover a song for a broken umbrella and a husband whose cell phone has engulfed him in flames. You will find yourself in the company of a truly gifted and original poet. -Faith Shearin