Bell's poems search for meaning in a world of misconception
the far-right’s demands for freedom from sweeping government powers evaporate the moment their own sacred cows of religious education and fetuses are at stake
Debbie returned home to a world that felt foreign
Bowed by the burdens of her love for Jack
too—ironically
Postcards from Here by Penny Guisinger paperback:Perfect Bound Bell's poems search for meaning'Postcards from Here' is a capturing of a community, a harsh and beautiful place, a family, and the internal experience of its author in the form of micro essays. The book takes on the realities of rural New England life, the moments and details that stitch a community together, the politics of being gay and divorced in such a place, and the visceral details of raising children, gardening, porcupines, travel, marriage, and other hazards of living.