In Order of Disappearance: Poems (Pacific Coast Poetry Series)

In Order of Disappearance is a meditation on life and death, on identity in all senses of that word, on making art out of the unthinkable. On surviving and not surviving. Historical moments are not fixed history, but a fluid and present condition all occurring in the living present. I did not see hopelessness. I saw life. And even with the suffering, there is great beauty and ultimately redemption. This is a book of prayers and incantations; it is a document of witness that for me illuminates the darkness. The book raises questions regarding death, guilt, and the meaning of suffering. It is history made present and personal.