A Map for Exiting the Body

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